Boil vs. Gelatiniferous

Boilnoun

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

Gelatiniferousadjective

Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Boilnoun

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

‘Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.’;

Gelatiniferousadjective

Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Boilnoun

A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

Boilnoun

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Boilverb

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

‘Boil some water in a pan.’;

Boilverb

To cook in boiling water.

‘Boil the eggs for two minutes.’; ‘Is the rice boiling yet?’;

Boilverb

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

‘Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.’;

Boilverb

Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.

‘It’s boiling outside!’;

Boilverb

To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.

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

Boilverb

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

‘to boil sugar or salt’;

Boilverb

(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.

Boilverb

To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.

‘the boiling waves of the sea’;

Boilverb

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

‘His blood boils with anger.’;

Boilverb

To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.

Boilverb

To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

‘He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.’;

Boilverb

To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

Boilverb

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.

‘Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.’;

Boilverb

To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

Boilverb

To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

Boilverb

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

Boilverb

To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.

‘The stomach cook is for the hall,And boileth meate for them all.’;

Boilverb

To steep or soak in warm water.

‘To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.’;

Boilnoun

Act or state of boiling.

Boilnoun

A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

Boilnoun

a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

Boilnoun

the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;

‘the brought to water to a boil’;

Boilverb

come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;

‘Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius’;

Boilverb

cook in boiling liquid;

‘boil potatoes’;

Boilverb

bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;

‘boil this liquid until it evaporates’;

Boilverb

be agitated;

‘the sea was churning in the storm’;

Boilverb

be in an agitated emotional state;

‘The customer was seething with anger’;

Boilverb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour

‘we asked people to boil their drinking water’; ‘he waited for the water to boil’;

Boilverb

(with reference to a kettle, pan, or other container) heat or be heated until the liquid inside starts to boil

‘she boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs’; ‘the kettle boiled and he filled the teapot’;

Boilverb

(with reference to food) cook or be cooked by immersing in boiling water or stock

‘make the sauce while the lobsters are boiling’; ‘boil the potatoes until well done’;

Boilverb

wash or sterilize in very hot water

‘boil bedclothes and towels’;

Boilverb

execute (someone) by subjecting them to the heat of boiling liquid

‘one valet was ordered to be boiled alive’;

Boilverb

(of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and stormy

‘a huge cliff with the black sea boiling below’;

Boilverb

(of a person or strong emotion) be stirred up

‘he was boiling with rage’;

Boilnoun

the temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour

‘bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes’;

Boilnoun

the process of heating a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour

‘the kettle's on the boil’;

Boilnoun

a state of great activity or excitement

‘he has gone off the boil since opening the campaign’;

Boilnoun

a sudden rise of a fish at a fly

‘a boil from a fish in a pool’;

Boilnoun

a casual outdoor meal at which shellfish is prepared by boiling

‘the reappearance of warm days signals another revival: weekend crawfish boils’;

Boilnoun

a dish of shellfish boiled in a large pot with sweetcorn, potatoes, and other ingredients

‘I will definitely come back and try the crab cakes and lobster boil’;

Boilnoun

an inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

Boil

A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle. It is most commonly caused by infection by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, resulting in a painful swollen area on the skin caused by an accumulation of pus and dead tissue.