boiling
/'bɔiliɳ/
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Definition
Adverb:
- Extremely, very: Used informally to emphasize an adjective, especially one describing an emotional state like anger or a physical sensation like heat.
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.
Noun
- cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
- the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas