A2noun · rare

boil

boil · boils

абсцес, нарив, гнояк, гнійник

нарыв, фурункул, кипение

Furunkel, Wallung, Sieden, Eiterbeule

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infectionA localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

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/bɔɪ(ə)l/

» 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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Meaning

7 senses

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
Furunkel, Eiterbeule
нары́вnarýv, фуру́нкулfurúnkul, чи́рейčírej
гнійни́кhnijnýk, гноя́кhnoják, абсце́сabscés
The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
Sieden, Wallung, Gebrodel
кипе́ниеkipénije
An instance of boiling.
Surface water will do, but give it a good boil before drinking it.
A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
a down-home boil with plenty of crab
(US)A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.)
a down-home boil at the town hall
(collective, nonstandard, rare)A group of hawks.
(archaic)A bubbling.

More definitions

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

Examples

484 sentences

Please boil an egg for me.
Звари мені яйце, будь ласка. — deniko
ruСвари мне яйцо, пожалуйста. — Lenin_1917
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Milk boils at a higher temperature than water.
Молоко кипить за вищої температури, ніж вода. — Ahha
ruМолоко закипает при более высокой температуре, чем вода. — afyodor
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I have a boiled egg for breakfast every day.
Щодня на сніданок я їм варене яйце. — brambury
ruКаждый день на завтрак я ем сваренное вкрутую яйцо. — afyodor
deIch esse jeden Tag zum Frühstück ein gekochtes Ei. — Wolf
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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
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Tom likes to eat a soft-boiled egg for breakfast.
Том любить їсти рідкі яйця на сніданок. — deniko
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

accumulation of pus:

Русский

By meaning 2

accumulation of pus:

point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

accumulation of pus:

point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour:

Origin

From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swellin

From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijō, *būlō (“boil”).

From 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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