boil up

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Noun

boil up (plural boil ups)

(cooking, New Zealand) A traditionally Maori soup made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.

Verb

boil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)

(transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.
Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?
(intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.

Translations

to cook or prepare by boiling

French: bouillir (fr)
Russian: вари́ть (ru) impf (varítʹ), свари́ть (ru) pf (svarítʹ), кипяти́ть (ru) impf (kipjatítʹ), вскипяти́ть (ru) pf (vskipjatítʹ)

Swedish: koka upp

to become more excited, intense or exciting

French: s'énerver (fr)

Russian: кипе́ть (ru) impf (kipétʹ), вскипе́ть (ru) pf (vskipétʹ)

(transitive)

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