boiling

boiling

English

A boiling pot of saltah, a type of Yemeni stew.

An animated drawing utilizing the boiling technique.

Etymology

From boil +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪlɪŋ
• Hyphenation: boil‧ing

Verb

boiling

1. present participle of boil

Noun

boiling (countable and uncountable, plural boilings)

1. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
2. (uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.

Derived terms

• whole boiling

Translations

process of changing the state of a substance

Arabic: غَلَيَان‎ m (ḡalayān) Armenian: եռում (hy) (eṙum) Bulgarian: кипене (bg) n (kipene) Czech: var (cs) m Finnish: kiehuttaminen (fi), keittäminen (fi) French: ébullition (fr) f, bouillonnement (fr) Galician: ebulición (gl) f Georgian: დუღილი (duɣili) Greek: Ancient: ἕψησις f (hépsēsis) Hebrew: רְתִיחָה‎ (he) Irish: bruith f Italian: ebollizione (it) Japanese: 沸騰 (ja) (futtō) Kyrgyz: кайнатуу (ky) (kaynatuu), кайноо (ky) (kaynoo), кайнатуу (ky) (kaynatuu), бышыруу (ky) (bışıruu), кайнап жаткан (ky) (kaynap jatkan), кайнаган (ky) (kaynagan), бышып жаткан (ky) (bışıp jatkan) Portuguese: ebulição (pt), fervura (pt) Russian: кипе́ние (ru) n (kipénije) Sicilian: vuḍḍu m Swedish: kokning (sv) c Tagalog: pagkulo, pagkukumulo Walloon: bolaedje (wa) m, cujhaedje (wa) m

Adjective

boiling (comparative more boiling, superlative most boiling)

1. That boils or boil.

   boiling kettle  boiling oil

2. (informal, hyperbolic) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Conference in the Morning”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 130:

     With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which now, in mid-morning, was in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 37:

     As I collected some individuals from a nest, an alarm was sent and a boiling mass of ants issued from the colony.

   The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.

3. (informal, hyperbolic) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.

   I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?

4. (informal, hyperbolic) Of the weather: very hot.

   It’s boiling out today!

Derived terms

• boiling frog
• boiling hot
• boiling mad

 

Translations

that boil(s)

Armenian: եռացող (eṙacʿoł), եռման (hy) (eṙman) Bulgarian: врящ (bg) (vrjašt), кипящ (bg) (kipjašt) Catalan: bullent Czech: vřící Finnish: kiehuva (fi) French: bouillant (fr) m Galician: fervente Georgian: მდუღარე (mduɣare) German: kochend (de) Hebrew: רוֹתֵחַ‎ m (rotéakh) Italian: bollente (it) Latin: fervidus Portuguese: fervente (pt) Spanish: hirviendo (es) Swedish: kokande (sv) Telugu: మరుగు (te) (marugu), మరుగుతున్న (marugutunna), మరుగుచున్న (marugucunna) Turkish: kaynar (tr) Vietnamese: sôi (vi) Walloon: bolant (wa) m

of a thing: extremely hot

Arabic: Moroccan Arabic: حامي‎ m (ḥāmi) Bulgarian: врял (bg) (vrjal) Dutch: kokend (nl) Finnish: tulikuuma (fi) Galician: fervente Greek: καυτός (el) (kaftós) Hebrew: רוֹתֵחַ‎ m (rotéakh) Italian: bollente (it) Latin: fervidus Serbo-Croatian: vrelo (sh) n Spanish: hirviendo (es) Swedish: kokande (sv), kokhet (sv) Telugu: కాలుతున్న (kālutunna), కాలుచున్న (kālucunna) Turkish: kaynar (tr) Walloon: bolant (wa) m

of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot

Finnish: läkähtyä (fi) (verb) Hebrew: קוֹדֵחַ‎ m (qodéakh) (ill with high temperature)

of the weather: very hot

Finnish: helteinen Hebrew: לוֹהֵט‎ (he) m (lohéT) Swedish: kokhet (sv) Telugu: మండుచున్న (maṇḍucunna)

Adverb

boiling (not comparable)

1. (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

   He was boiling mad.

Further reading

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