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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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.
Meaning
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.
Forms
boils up, boiling up, boiled up, boiled upirregular
| Base form | boil up · to boil up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | boils up |
| Present participle | boiling up |
| Past simple | boiled up |
| Past participle | boiled up |
Tenses
boil up · boiled up · will boil up · have boiled upPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- boil overубегать, убежатьüberkochendéborderkipieć, wykipiećTo boil to such an extent as to overflow its container.
- boil downTo reduce in volume by boiling.
- boil upварить, сваритьbouillirTo cook or prepare by boiling.
- boil awayTo boil a liquid until it has turned entirely to steam/vapor.
- boil offTo remove by boiling
Lessons 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.