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Webster 1913 Edition
Boiling
Boil′ing
,Adj.
Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.
Boiling point
, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 ° Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96°; for ether, 94.8°; for mercury, about 675°. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea.
– Boiling spring
, a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.
– To be at the boiling point
, to be very angry.
– To keep the pot boiling
, to keep going on actively, as in certain games.
[Colloq.]
Boil′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
2.
Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
Webster 1828 Edition
Boiling
BOIL'ING
,ppr.
BOIL'ING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
boiling
boiling
English
Verb
boiling
- present participle of boil
Noun
boiling (plural boilings)
- The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
- (uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
Translations
process of changing the state of a substance
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Adjective
boiling (comparative more boiling, superlative most boiling)
- That boils or boil.
- boiling kettle
- boiling oil
- (of a thing, informal, hyperbolic) Extremely hot or active.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess:
- With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
- The radiator is boiling – I'm going to turn it down a bit.
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- (of a person, informal, hyperbolic) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
- I'm boiling – can't we open a window?
- (of the weather, hyperbolic) Very hot.
- It's boiling out today!
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:boiling.
Derived terms
Translations
that boil(s)
of a thing: extremely hot
of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot
of the weather: very hot
Adverb
boiling (not comparable)
- (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
- He was boiling mad.