boil

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
2. To cook in boiling water.
3. To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
4. (informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
5. (informal) To be uncomfortably hot.
6. (informal) To feel uncomfortably hot.
7. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
8. (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
9. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
10. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

Synonyms

cook

🧑‍🍳

abscess

seethe

pimple

sore

furuncle

simmer

tumour

bubble

carbuncle

swelling

ulcer

boiling

blister

tumor

effervesce

pustule

bubble up

wound

roast

poach

fry

fume

cook by boiling

burn

churn

steam

sizzle

decoct

rash

brew

lump

moil

roil

heat

foam

wart

pus

stew

🍲

grow hot

be angry

boiling point

boil up

braise

bump

cooking

dress

👗

growth

gush

hot

🥵

infuse

melt

overflow

paint

parboil

prepare

rage

😡

smolder

wash

🧽

well

be cooked

be hot

bring to the boil

come to a boil

acne

piles

froth

play

frizzle

pock

pour

sing out

protuberance

flow

feruncle

bring to a boil

ferment

ripen

excite

eruption

run

running sore

saute

empty

dip

simmering

cyst

small

furunculus

smoulder

concoct

spill

spot

sputter

coddle

canker

sublimate

surge

swell

build up

toast

come to the boil

bucket

🪣

bubble over

bridle at

warm

☀️

boil over

wash hands

secondhand article

welt

wheeze

bluster

zit

be boiling

bulliat

be excited

coque

come to a state of ebullition

blanch

blain

furnucle

big

hot under the collar

indignate

make hot

lose one’s temper

illness

make noise

malt

mature

measure

put in water

heat up

monk

of water

seeth

set fire to

sibilate

parch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijō, *būlō (“boil”).
Akin to Dutch buil (“boil, swelling”), German Beule (“boil, hump”), Icelandic beyla (“swelling, hump”). The expected form is bile; the rounding of the diphthong could be caused by the initial b- and/or by association with etymology 2.