boil
To cook in boiling waterTo cook in boiling water.
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» Please boil an egg for me.
Свари мне яйцо, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
Звари мені яйце, будь ласка. — deniko
Зваріть мені яйце, будь ласка. — deniko
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Examples
458 sentencesPlease boil an egg for me.
Звари мені яйце, будь ласка. — deniko
ruСвари мне яйцо, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
It takes over 40 minutes to boil an emu egg.
Щоб зварити яйце ему потрібно більше ніж 40 хвилин. — deniko
deEs dauert über 40 Minuten, ein Emuei zu kochen. — Waldelfe
Tom likes soft-boiled eggs and Mary likes hard-boiled eggs.
Том любить рідкі яйця, а Мері — круті. — deniko
Meaning
10 senses(ambitransitive)To cook in boiling water.
Boil the eggs for three minutes.
Is the rice boiling yet?
kochen, sieden
кипяти́тьkipjatítʹ, вари́тьvarítʹ
вари́тиvarýty
(intransitive)To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
kochen, sieden
закипа́тьzakipátʹ, кипе́тьkipétʹ, закипе́тьzakipétʹ
кипі́тиkypíty, закипа́тиzakypáty, закипі́тиzakypíty
(informal, intransitive)To be uncomfortably hot.
It’s boiling outside!
запа́ритьсяzapáritʹsja, свари́тьсяsvarítʹsja
More meanings 7
(transitive)To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Boil some water in a pan.
(informal, intransitive)To feel uncomfortably hot.
I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
(transitive)To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
to boil sugar or salt
(intransitive)To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
the boiling waves of the sea
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
His blood boils with anger.
(New Zealand, UK, informal, transitive)To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
(obsolete)To steep or soak in warm water.
- come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
- immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
- bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
- be agitated
Origin
From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullFrom Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive). More at wall, well.
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Forms
boils, boiling, boiled, boiledTenses
boil · boiled · will boil · have boiledPhrasal 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
Synonyms
12 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
49 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
10 patterns- boiled eggs
- boiling water
- hard boiled eggs
- boiled egg for
- a boiled egg
- boil an egg
- boiled the eggs
- soft boiled
- boiled some eggs
- hard boiled
See also
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