Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Extremely, very: Used informally to emphasize an adjective, especially one describing an emotional state like anger or a physical sensation like heat.

2. Noun:

   • The action or process of a liquid bubbling and turning to vapor: The state where a liquid is heated to its boiling point.
   • The method of cooking food in a liquid at its boiling point: A cooking technique.

Usage and Examples

• Adverb:

  • It was boiling hot in the desert. (The temperature was extremely high.)
  • She was boiling mad when she heard the news. (She was extremely angry.)

• Noun:

  • The boiling of the water was loud. (The process of the water bubbling was noisy.)
  • Vegetables are often cooked by boiling. (The method of cooking vegetables in hot water.)

Advanced Usage

• The whole boiling: (slang) The whole lot; everyone or everything in a group.
  • He invited the whole boiling to his party. (He invited everyone.)

Variants and Related Words

• Boil (verb): To reach or cause a liquid to reach the temperature where it bubbles and turns to vapor.
  • Boil the pasta for ten minutes.
• Boiled (adjective): Cooked in boiling water.
  • boiled eggs
• Boiler (noun): A device for heating water.
• Boiling point (noun): The temperature at which a liquid boils; (figuratively) the point of crisis or extreme anger.

Synonyms

• Adverb: Extremely, exceedingly, very.
• Noun (process): Ebullition, seething.
• Noun (cooking method): Simmering, poaching (related but specific techniques).

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To be at boiling point: To be very angry; to be at a critical moment.
  • After waiting for an hour, his temper was at boiling point.
• To keep the pot boiling: To maintain activity or interest.
  • The scandal kept the pot boiling for the news media.

Adverb

1. extremely
   • boiling mad

Noun

1. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
2. the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas