boil up
To cook or prepare by boilingTo cook or prepare by boiling.
» Tom was boiling up with a fever and hallucinating.
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3 senses(transitive)To cook or prepare by boiling.
Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?
вари́тьvarítʹ, свари́тьsvarítʹ, кипяти́тьkipjatítʹ
(idiomatic, intransitive)To become more excited, intense or exciting.
кипе́тьkipétʹ, вскипе́тьvskipétʹ
(US, dated, slang, transitive)To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.
Examples
2 sentencesTom was boiling up with a fever and hallucinating.
There could have been a serious accident on the stairs while you were carrying boiling-hot stew up them.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
boils up, boiling up, boiled up, boiled up| Base form | boil up · to boil up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | boils up |
| Present participle | boiling up |
| Past simple | boiled up |
| Past participle | boiled up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.