Definizione monolingua

boil

boil (third-person singular simple present boils, present participle boiling, simple past and past participle boiled)

1. (transitive) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

   Boil some water in a pan.

2. (transitive) To cook in boiling water.

   Boil the eggs for two minutes.

3. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

   Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

4. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.

   It’s boiling outside!

5. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.

   I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?

boil (plural boils)

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

Definizione dizionario boil

	bollire
	cook in boiling water
	begin to turn into a gas
	heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
	To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

ascesso

bollore

cuocere

cuòcere

estrarre

far

far bollire

foruncolo

forùncolo

gonfiore

lessare

ribollire

tumore

vescica

Altri significati:

point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour

A painful, local inflammation of the skin, caused by infection of a hair follicle. Usually, a hard core and pus are present.

(skin) boil

To be at a temperature (as a liquid) where it moves into the gaseous phase.

boil (water)

(intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

accumulation of pus

(to) boil (water)

(to) boil

colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot

colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot

To prepare by submerging in a liquid (usually water) at 100 degrees Celsius or more.

(transitive) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.

(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.

grow hot (of water)

A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

(transitive) To cook in boiling water.

cook (esp. grain, pulses, etc., such as rice or beans)

To be agitated.

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

(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.