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BOIL
- to vaporize liquid [v BOILED, BOILING, BOILS] : BOILABLE [adj], BOILINGLY [adv]
- to bubble up and change into a gas as the result of heating
- to be very angry
- to cause to boil
- to cook in boiling liquid
- the act or state of boiling
- inflamed sore
- to reduce the quantity of by boiling off liquid
- to shorten; abridge
- to be simplifiable or summarizable as; lead to the conclusion that; point
- to degum (silk)
- to remove (sizing, wax, impurities, or the like) from a fabric by subjecting it to a hot scouring solution
- to overflow while boiling or as if while boiling; burst forth; erupt
- to be unable to repress anger, excitement, etc.