vverb.changecome to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vaporExamples:- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
Antonyms:freeze
Derivationally Related Form:boilerboil
Hypernyms:change state turn
Inherited Hypernyms:boilchange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:boil overoverboil
Full Troponyms:boil over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | The water ---s (apply to: boil)
vverb.changeimmerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposesDerivationally Related Form:boilerboil
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:boilchange
Direct Hyponyms:overboilsimmer
Full Troponyms:overboilsimmer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: boil)
vverb.changebring to, or maintain at, the boiling pointExamples:- boil this liquid until it evaporates
Derivationally Related Form:boilerboil
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:boilchange
Direct Hyponyms:decoct
Causes:boil
Full Troponyms:decoct
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the water (apply to: boil)
vverb.motionbe agitatedSynset:boil churn moil roil
Examples:- the sea was churning in the storm
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:churnmove
Direct Hyponyms:rollseethe
Full Troponyms:seethe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The water ---s (apply to: churn, roil, boil, moil)
vverb.emotionbe in an agitated emotional stateSynset:boil seethe
Examples:- The customer was seething with anger
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:seethebe
Direct Hyponyms:bubble overfermentoverflowsizzlespill over
Full Troponyms:bubble overfermentsizzle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- over the results of the experiment (apply to: boil) | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: seethe)
adj satadj.allcooked in hot waterSynset:poached stewed
Antonyms:raw
Inherited Hypernyms:boiled
Similar to:cooked