boiled

boiled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɪld/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪld

Verb

boiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of boil

Adjective

boiled (comparative more boiled, superlative most boiled)

1. Cooked in boiling water.
2. (of water) Having reached the boiling point.
3. (colloquial) Angry.
4. (colloquial) Drunk.
   • 1965, Herman Wouk, Don't Stop the Carnival, p. 56:

     I got a closing at four o'clock in the Chrysler building and I'm boiled as an owl.

Derived terms

• boiled egg
• hard boiled
• soft boiled

Translations

cooked in hot water

Azerbaijani: qaynadılmış Chinese: Mandarin: 煮沸 (zh) (zhǔfèi), 煮 (zh) (zhǔ) Cornish: bryjys Finnish: keitetty (fi) French: bouilli (fr) Galician: cocido (gl), fervido German: gekocht (de) Greek: Ancient: ἑψητός (hepsētós), ἑφθός (hephthós) Italian: bollito (it) Japanese: 茹でた (ja) (ゆでた, yudeta) Latin: ēlixus Manx: broieit Mongolian: чанасан (mn) (čanasan) Russian: варёный (ru) (varjónyj), отварно́й (ru) (otvarnój) Southern Altai: кайнаткан (kaynatkan) Turkmen: gaýnadylan Welsh: wedi'i ferwi, berwedig

brought to boiling

Azerbaijani: qaynadılmış Finnish: keitetty (fi), kiehautettu Russian: кипячёный (ru) (kipjačónyj)

angry — see angry

drunk — see drunk

Anagrams

• bolide, odible, oldbie