Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

    кипе́ниеkipénije

    the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

  2. (countable, uncountable)The cooking (of food) or cleaning (of an object) by immersing it in liquid (usually water) that is boiling.

    cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

  3. (countable, figuratively)A turmoil; a disturbance like that of bubbling water.

  4. (figuratively, uncountable)An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.

Examples

144 sentences
  1. I burned myself with boiling water.

    Я опікся окропом. — deniko

    ruЯ обжегся кипятком. — Iolanda

    deIch habe mich verbrüht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Put the egg into boiling water.

    Поклади яйце в окріп. — deniko

    ruПоложи яйцо в кипяток. — corvard

  3. The kettle is boiling.

    Чайник кипить. — deniko

    ruЧайник кипит. — marafon

    deDer Wasserkocher kocht. — Augustus

  4. The water isn't boiling yet.

    Вода ще не закипіла. — deniko

    ruВода ещё не закипела. — odexed

    deDas Wasser kocht noch nicht. — Adelpa

  5. Please fill the teapot with boiling water.

    ruНаполни, пожалуйста, заварочный чайник кипятком. — Karok

    deFülle die Teekanne bitte mit kochendem Wasser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
process of changing the state of a substance:

Forms

plural: boilings
Singularboiling
Pluralboilings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • boiling boiling
  • boiling boiling water
  • is boiling boiling
  • boiling water

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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