Boiling
/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjectiveVery hot or at the temperature when a liquid turns to gas.
Extra definitions
adjective; present participleVery hot; at the temperature when water turns to steam.
adjective; present participleCooking in water that is bubbling strongly.
adjective; present participleExtremely intense or angry (informal).
Sentence Examples
The boiling water filled the pot.
She is boiling the eggs for breakfast.
He was boiling with anger after the argument.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which now, in mid-morning, was in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.”
— 1963, Margery Allingham, “Conference in the Morning”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 130:
“As I collected some individuals from a nest, an alarm was sent and a boiling mass of ants issued from the colony.”
— 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 37:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ water filled the pot.