LEARNit Dictionary

boil

verb
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1
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when a liquid boils or when you boil it, it is heated to the point where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour
جوش آمدن, جوشیدن, به جوش رساندن, جوشاندن
2
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when a kettle, pan, etc. boils or when you boil a kettle, etc., it is heated until the water inside it boils
جوشیدن, به جوش آوردن
(British English)The kettle's boiling.
I'll boil the kettle and make some tea.
Cover the pot and let it boil gently for 25 minutes.
She left the gas on by mistake and the pan boiled dry.
3
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to cook or wash something in boiling water; to be cooked or washed in boiling water
جوشیدن, جوشاندن, پختن در آب جوش
She put some potatoes on to boil.
boiled carrots/cabbage/potatoes
to boil an egg for somebody
to boil somebody an egg
4
if you boil with anger, etc. or anger, etc. boils inside you, you are very angry
جوشیدن از خشم, غلیان کردن از عصبانیت, جوش آمدن, از کوره در رفتن, برآشفتن
He was boiling with rage.
She wanted to give vent to the fury boiling within her.
noun
1
a period of boiling; the point at which liquid boils
جوش, نقطه جوش, دمای جوش
2
a painful swelling(= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) under the skin which is full of a thick yellow liquid (called pus)
دمل, کورک, آبسه
The doctor lanced the boil.
The boil on his back was painful.