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Boil vs. Broil

Boil and Broil Definitions

Boil

To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat
All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.

Broil

To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.

Boil

To reach the boiling point.

Broil

To expose to great heat.

Boil

To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.

Broil

To be exposed to great heat.
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Boil

To be in a state of agitation; seethe
A river boiling over the rocks.

Broil

To engage in a rowdy argument.

Boil

To be stirred up or greatly excited, especially in anger
The mere idea made me boil.

Broil

The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.

Boil

To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.

Broil

Food, especially meat, that is broiled.
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Boil

To heat to the boiling point.

Broil

A rowdy argument.

Boil

To cook or clean by boiling.

Broil

To cook by direct, radiant heat.

Boil

To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling
Boil the maple sap.

Broil

To expose to great heat.
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Boil

The condition or act of boiling.

Broil

To be exposed to great heat.

Boil

Lower Southern US A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.

Broil

(transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.

Boil

An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid
"Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there" (Mark Twain).

Broil

To brawl.

Boil

A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.

Broil

Food prepared by broiling.

Boil

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

Broil

(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
Come to broils

Boil

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.

Broil

A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please.

Boil

A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

Broil

To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

Boil

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Broil

To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

Boil

A bubbling.

Broil

To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun.

Boil

To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Boil some water in a pan.

Broil

Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

Boil

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
Boil the eggs for three minutes.
Is the rice boiling yet?

Broil

Cook under a broiler;
Broil fish

Boil

To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Broil

Heat by a natural force;
The sun broils the valley in the summer

Boil

To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.

Boil

To be uncomfortably hot.
It’s boiling outside!

Boil

To feel uncomfortably hot.
I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?

Boil

(transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
To boil sugar or salt

Boil

(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.

Boil

To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
The boiling waves of the sea

Boil

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
His blood boils with anger.

Boil

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.

Boil

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.

Boil

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

Boil

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.

Boil

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

Boil

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

Boil

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

Boil

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.

Boil

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.

Boil

Act or state of boiling.

Boil

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.

Boil

A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

Boil

The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;
The brought to water to a boil

Boil

Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius

Boil

Cook in boiling liquid;
Boil potatoes

Boil

Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;
Boil this liquid until it evaporates

Boil

Be agitated;
The sea was churning in the storm

Boil

Be in an agitated emotional state;
The customer was seething with anger

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