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ENGLISH: boil - CREOLE: bouyi

Overview of noun boil

The noun boil has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)

1. boil, furuncle -- (a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus)

2. boiling point, boil -- (the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the brought to water to a boil")

Overview of verb boil

The verb boil has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (6) boil -- (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius")

2. (4) boil -- (cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes")

3. (3) boil -- (bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates")

4. churn, boil, moil, roil -- (be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm")

5. seethe, boil -- (be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger")