Definition: 1. Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor. 2. The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level. 3. Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point. 4. Be agitated. 5. Be in an agitated emotional state.
Use 'boil' in a sentence:
1. Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now?
2. As soon as the water started to boil-- "tac"!
3. Water can be purified by boiling for five minutes.
4. What they want boils down to just one thing. It is land.
5. A cut-out stops the kettle boiling dry.
6. Slowly whisk mixture into the milk. Return pan to heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 5 minutes.
7. Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half.
8. We boil them, pound them and add a little salt, and then we put them with the millet husks, which are all we have left now.
9. The second series of the show really went off the boil.
10. The water took ages to boil.
11. The water's just about to boil.
12. He was boiling with rage.
13. The water boiled away.
14. In the end, what it all boils down to is money, or the lack of it.
15. If you released this pressure, your blood would boil.
16. Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just in case it is needed.
17. When everybody else is boiling hot, I'm freezing!
18. What do Chinese people often use to boil tea leaves?
19. Bring the water to the boil.
20. Boil plenty of salted water, then add the spaghetti.
21. Watch paint dry or water boil, or at least put away your smartphone for a while, and you might unlock your next big idea.
22. Rinse the cooked pasta with boiling water.
23. You must be boiling in that sweater!
24. I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil.
25. It must be at a rolling boil for at least three minutes.
26. Boil the oil soiled by the coil in the toilet lest it spoils.
27. The kettle's boiling.
28. Sometimes frustration and anger can boil over into direct and violent action.
29. Keep the kettle at the boil.
30. Perhaps the grossest thing I've done as a naturalist is to boil animal skulls.
31. Check every 20 minutes that the water has not boiled away.
32. They often use hot water to boil tea leaves.
33. The water was bubbling and boiling away.
34. The boiling point of water is 373 K.
35. The increased spending and borrowing made many people's blood boil.
36. Bring the soup to the boil, then allow it to simmer for five minutes.
37. Bring the soup to the boil , then allow it to simmer for five minutes.
38. Bring the soup to a boil.
39. Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes.
40. We boil and mash them and cover them in butter, or we cut them into strips, deep-fry them and cover them with salt.
41. These vegetables have had all the goodness boiled out of them.
42. Boil the rice for 20 minutes.
43. I could feel anger boiling up inside me.
44. You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting.
45. The sauce should not boil or the egg yolk will curdle.
46. We have several projects all on the boil at once.
47. She left the gas on by mistake and the pan boiled dry.
48. Steam rose from the boiling kettle.
49. She put some potatoes on to boil.
50. I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
51. In a large saucepan, combine milk, vanilla extract, and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then remove from burner.
52. It is a painful experience having the boil lanced.
53. The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes.
54. Use a kettle with an automatic cut-out so it doesn't boil for longer than necessary.
