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boil

noun · verb · 24 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɔɪ(ə)l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔɪl
  • CMU ARPABET: B OY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abscess, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An instance of boiling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Surface water will do, but give it a good boil before drinking it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a down-home boil with plenty of crab

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • a down-home boil at the town hall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A bubbling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Boil some water in a pan.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seethe, well, plaw, cook, do

Antonyms: condense

9

verb

Meaning 9

To cook in boiling water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • Boil the eggs for three minutes.
  • Is the rice boiling yet?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-Zealand, UK, informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To be uncomfortably hot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Examples

  • It’s boiling outside!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bake, scorch, swelter

Antonyms: freeze

13

verb

Meaning 13

To feel uncomfortably hot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Examples

  • I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seethe, bake, stew

Antonyms: freeze

14

verb

Meaning 14

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to boil sugar or salt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To steep or soak in warm water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • the boiling waves of the sea

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His blood boils with anger.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they brought the water to a boil

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boiling point

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: temperature

19

noun

Meaning 19

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: furuncle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: staphylococcal infection

Narrower terms: gumboil

20

verb

Meaning 20

immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • boil potatoes
  • boil wool

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: overboil, simmer

21

verb

Meaning 21

bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • boil this liquid until it evaporates

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: decoct

22

verb

Meaning 22

come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: freeze

Broader terms: change state, turn

Narrower terms: boil over, overboil

23

verb

Meaning 23

be in an agitated emotional state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The customer was seething with anger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seethe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

Narrower terms: bubble over, overflow, spill over, ferment, sizzle

24

verb

Meaning 24

be agitated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the sea was churning in the storm

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: churn, moil, roil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move

Narrower terms: seethe, roll

History

Etymology

From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijō, *būlō (“boil”). Akin to Dutch buil (“boil, swelling”), German Beule (“boil, hump”), Icelandic beyla (“swelling, hump”). The expected form is bile; the rounding of the diphthong could be caused by the initial b- and/or by association with etymology 2.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive). More at wall, well.

Across languages

Translations

488 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُمَّل (dummal) — accumulation of pus
  • Arabic: خُرَاج (ḵurāj) — accumulation of pus
  • Arabic: ثُؤْلُول (ṯuʔlūl) — accumulation of pus
  • Arabic: دمل (demel) — accumulation of pus
  • Arabic: خراج (ḵurāg) — accumulation of pus
  • Assamese: গাঁৰ (gãr) — accumulation of pus
  • Belarusian: нарыў (naryw) — accumulation of pus
  • Belarusian: фурункул (furunkul) — accumulation of pus
  • Belarusian: скула (skula) — accumulation of pus
  • Central Bikol: pigsa — accumulation of pus
  • Bulgarian: цирей (cirej) — accumulation of pus
  • Catalan: furóncol — accumulation of pus
  • Catalan: floronco — accumulation of pus
  • Cebuano: matag tiki — accumulation of pus
  • Cherokee: ᏚᏍᏗ (dusdi) — accumulation of pus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疔瘡 /疔疮 (dīngchuāng) — accumulation of pus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疔 (dīng) — accumulation of pus
  • Czech: nežit — accumulation of pus
  • Czech: uher — accumulation of pus
  • Czech: beďar — accumulation of pus
  • Dutch: etterbuil — accumulation of pus
  • Emilian: brunśōl — accumulation of pus
  • Esperanto: abceso — accumulation of pus
  • Esperanto: furunko — accumulation of pus
  • Esperanto: karbunklo — accumulation of pus
  • Finnish: paise — accumulation of pus
  • French: furoncle — accumulation of pus
  • Galician: furúnculo — accumulation of pus
  • Galician: furuncho — accumulation of pus
  • Galician: carafuncho — accumulation of pus
  • German: Furunkel — accumulation of pus
  • German: Eiterbeule — accumulation of pus
  • Greek: δοθιήνας (dothiínas) — accumulation of pus
  • Greek: καλόγερος (kalógeros) — accumulation of pus
  • Greek: σπυρί (spyrí) — accumulation of pus
  • Ancient Greek: δοθιήν (dothiḗn) — accumulation of pus
  • Gujarati: ફોલ્લો (phollo) — accumulation of pus
  • Hebrew: פוּרוּנְקֶל (furúnkel) — accumulation of pus
  • Hindi: फुंसी (phunsī) — accumulation of pus
  • Hindi: फोड़ा (phoṛā) — accumulation of pus
  • Hindi: स्फोट (sphoṭ) — accumulation of pus
  • Hindi: स्फोटक (sphoṭak) — accumulation of pus
  • Hungarian: kelés — accumulation of pus
  • Hungarian: furunkulus — accumulation of pus
  • Irish: neascóid — accumulation of pus
  • Italian: foruncolo — accumulation of pus
  • Italian: pustola — accumulation of pus
  • Japanese: 癤 (setsu) — accumulation of pus
  • Japanese: 腫れ物 (haremono) — accumulation of pus
  • Japanese: おでき (odeki) — accumulation of pus
  • Kazakh: сыздауық (syzdauyq) — accumulation of pus
  • Kazakh: шиқан (şiqan) — accumulation of pus
  • Korean: 종기 (jonggi) — accumulation of pus
  • Latin: fūrunculus — accumulation of pus
  • Latin: vomica — accumulation of pus
  • Latvian: čūla — accumulation of pus
  • Macedonian: чир (čir) — accumulation of pus
  • Manx: askaid — accumulation of pus
  • Manx: mamm — accumulation of pus
  • Māori: whēwhē — accumulation of pus
  • Māori: tāpoa — accumulation of pus
  • Marathi: गळू (gaḷū) — accumulation of pus
  • Mi'kmaq: glmuej — accumulation of pus
  • Oromo: dhullaa — accumulation of pus
  • Plautdietsch: Schwäa — accumulation of pus
  • Polish: czyrak — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: abcesso — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: furúnculo — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: pústula — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: carbúnculo — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: cisto — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: íngua — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: bubão — accumulation of pus
  • Portuguese: tumor — accumulation of pus
  • Prakrit: 𑀨𑁄𑀟𑀅 (phoḍaa) — accumulation of pus
  • Prakrit: 𑀨𑁄𑀟 (phoḍa) — accumulation of pus
  • Romanian: abces — accumulation of pus
  • Romanian: furuncul — accumulation of pus
  • Romanian: buboi — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: furuncul — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: furunchel — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: furuncel — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: burschè — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: purschi — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: burschel — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: biergna — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: botta da marscha — accumulation of pus
  • Romansh: bignun — accumulation of pus
  • Russian: нары́в (narýv) — accumulation of pus
  • Russian: фуру́нкул (furúnkul) — accumulation of pus
  • Russian: чи́рей (čírej) — accumulation of pus
  • Sanskrit: स्फोट (sphoṭa) — accumulation of pus
  • Sanskrit: स्फोटक (sphoṭaka) — accumulation of pus
  • Sanskrit: विस्फोटक (visphoṭaka) — accumulation of pus
  • Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid — accumulation of pus
  • Slovak: vyrážka — accumulation of pus
  • Slovak: pupienok — accumulation of pus
  • Slovak: uhor — accumulation of pus
  • Slovene: tur — accumulation of pus
  • Spanish: furúnculo — accumulation of pus
  • Spanish: forúnculo — accumulation of pus
  • Spanish: divieso — accumulation of pus
  • Swahili: uvimbe — accumulation of pus
  • Swahili: jipu — accumulation of pus
  • Swedish: böld — accumulation of pus
  • Swedish: varböld — accumulation of pus
  • Tagalog: pigsa — accumulation of pus
  • Tày: bát — accumulation of pus
  • Tày: bổi — accumulation of pus
  • Telugu: కురుపు (kurupu) — accumulation of pus
  • Tewa: pen — accumulation of pus
  • Thai: ฝี (fǐi) — accumulation of pus
  • Tibetan: གཉན་འབུར (gnyan 'bur) — accumulation of pus
  • Turkish: çıban — accumulation of pus
  • Turkish: apse — accumulation of pus
  • Ottoman Turkish: چبان (çıban) — accumulation of pus
  • Ottoman Turkish: خراج (hurac) — accumulation of pus
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبارجق (kabarcık) — accumulation of pus
  • Ukrainian: гнійни́к (hnijnýk) — accumulation of pus
  • Ukrainian: гноя́к (hnoják) — accumulation of pus
  • Ukrainian: абсце́с (abscés) — accumulation of pus
  • Ukrainian: нари́в (narýv) — accumulation of pus
  • Unami: pëmuwe — accumulation of pus
  • Vietnamese: nhọt — accumulation of pus
  • Welsh: cornwyd — accumulation of pus
  • Záparo: pishakuka — accumulation of pus
  • Arabic: غَلَيَان (ḡalayān) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Arabic: غَلْي (ḡaly) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Belarusian: кіпенне (kipjennje) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Bulgarian: точка на кипене (točka na kipene) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Czech: var — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Czech: bod varu — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Dutch: kookpunt — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Dutch: kook — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Esperanto: bolo — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Finnish: kiehumispiste — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • French: bouillir — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Galician: ferver — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Georgian: დუღილი (duɣili) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • German: Sieden — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • German: Wallung — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • German: Gebrodel — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Greek: βρασμός (vrasmós) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Hebrew: רתיחה (retikha) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Indonesian: didih — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Korean: 끓는점 (kkeulleunjeom) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Korean: 비등점 (bideungjeom) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Central Kurdish: کوڵاندن (kullandin) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Maltese: mgħolli — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Persian: جوشیدن (jušidan) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Polish: wrzenie — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Portuguese: fervura — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Russian: кипе́ние (kipénije) — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Slovak: var — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Spanish: hervor — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Sundanese: golak — point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
  • Bulgarian: ято (jato) — collective noun for hawks
  • Esperanto: akcipitraro — collective noun for hawks
  • Swahili: uvimbe — collective noun for hawks
  • Afrikaans: kook — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Arabic: غَلَى (ḡalā) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Armenian: եռացնել (eṙacʻnel) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Aromanian: herbu (roa-rup) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Assamese: উতলা (utola) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Assamese: উতলোৱা (utolüa) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Asturian: ferver — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Azerbaijani: qaynatmaq — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Azerbaijani: dəmlətmək — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Bashkir: ҡайнатыу (qaynatıw) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Belarusian: кіпяціць (kipjacicʹ) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Belarusian: закіпяціць (zakipjacicʹ) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Bhojpuri: उबाल (ubāl) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Breton: beviñ — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Bulgarian: кипя (kipja) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Catalan: bullir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏥᏗᎭ (alitsidiha) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煮沸 (zhǔfèi) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煮 (zhǔ) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Cornish: bryjyon — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Corsican: bodda — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Czech: vařit — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Danish: koge — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Dutch: koken — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Dutch: aan de kook brengen — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Dutch: zieden — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Dutch: zooien — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Esperanto: boligi — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Even: хуй- (huj-) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Evenki: хуй- (huj-) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Fijian: riri — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Finnish: kiehuttaa — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • French: faire bouillir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • French: porter à ébullition — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Friulian: bulî — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Friulian: lessâ — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Galician: ferver — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Georgian: ადუღება (aduɣeba) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • German: sieden — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Greek: βράζω (vrázo) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Ancient Greek: ζέω (zéō) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Hawaiian: hoʻolapa — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Hebrew: הרתיח (hirtíakh) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Hindi: उबलना (ubalnā) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Hungarian: forral — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Hungarian: felforral — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Icelandic: sjóða — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Ido: boliigar — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Ingrian: keehuttaa — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Irish: beirigh — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Italian: far bollire — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Japanese: 沸かす (wakasu) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Japanese: 沸騰させる (futtōsaseru) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Japanese: 煮る (niru) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Jarai: hơtŭk — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Kabuverdianu: ferbe — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Kazakh: қайнату (qainatu) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Korean: 비등하다 (bideunghada) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Korean: 끓다 (kkeulta) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Latgalian: aizvirt — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Latin: fervefaciō — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Latin: bulliō — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Latvian: uzvārīt — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Lithuanian: užvirinti — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Macedonian: врие (vrie) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Malay: mendidihkan — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Brunei Malay: didih — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Malayalam: തിളപ്പിയ്ക്കുക (tiḷappiykkuka) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Maltese: għalla — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fuyembi) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Māori: huahua — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Marathi: उकळणे (ukaḷṇe) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Mongolian: буцалгах (bucalgax) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Nanai: пуйси- (pujsi-) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Navajo: yiłbéézh — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Neapolitan: fa bolle — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Nepali: उमाल्नु (umālnu) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Occitan: bolhir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Occitan: estondejar — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Old English: wiellan — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Polish: gotować — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Polish: zagotowywać — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Polish: zagotować — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Portuguese: ferver — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Quechua: t'impuchiy — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Romanian: fierbe — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Romansh: buglir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Romansh: bulgeir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Romansh: coier — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Russian: кипяти́ть (kipjatítʹ) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Russian: вскипяти́ть (vskipjatítʹ) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sanskrit: क्वथते (kvathate) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sanskrit: श्रायति (śrāyati) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sardinian: bodhire — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sardinian: bodhiri — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sardinian: budhire — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sardinian: vudhire — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sardinian: boddire — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Scottish Gaelic: goil — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Serbo-Croatian: kuhati — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Serbo-Croatian: prokuhati — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sicilian: vùgghiri — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Slovak: zovrieť — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Sotho: bela — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: hervir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: herver — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: jerver — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: jerber — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Swahili: uvimbe — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Swedish: koka — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Tahitian: tutu — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Thai: ต้ม (dtôm) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Tongan: lili — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Turkish: kaynatmak — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Ukrainian: кип'яти́ти (kypʺjatýty) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Ukrainian: скип'яти́ти (skypʺjatýty) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Ukrainian: закип'яти́ти (zakypʺjatýty) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Urdu: ابلنا (ubalnā) — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Uzbek: qaynamoq — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bójar — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bógiar — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bójer — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bojir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bogir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: boir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bugir — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Venetan: bóger — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Vietnamese: đun — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Vietnamese: đun sôi — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Volapük: kükön — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Volapük: kükön vati — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Welsh: berwi — (transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
  • Afrikaans: kook — cook in boiling water
  • Chungli Ao: molu — cook in boiling water
  • Arabic: غَلَّى (ḡallā) — cook in boiling water
  • Armenian: եփել (epʻel) — cook in boiling water
  • Armenian: խաշել (xašel) — cook in boiling water
  • Assamese: সিজা (xiza) — cook in boiling water
  • Assamese: সিজোৱা (xizüa) — cook in boiling water
  • Azerbaijani: bişirmək — cook in boiling water
  • Bashkir: бешереү (beşerew) — cook in boiling water
  • Belarusian: вары́ць (varýcʹ) — cook in boiling water
  • Bulgarian: кипвам (kipvam) — cook in boiling water
  • Bulgarian: варя (varja) — cook in boiling water
  • Burmese: ကျို (kyui) — cook in boiling water
  • Burmese: ပြုတ် (prut) — cook in boiling water
  • Catalan: bullir — cook in boiling water
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏥᏗᎭ (alitsidiha) — cook in boiling water
  • Chinese Cantonese: 煮 (zyu2) — cook in boiling water
  • Chinese Cantonese: 烚 (saap6) — cook in boiling water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煮 (zhǔ) — cook in boiling water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熬 (āo) — cook in boiling water
  • Czech: uvařit — cook in boiling water
  • Czech: vařit — cook in boiling water
  • Danish: koge — cook in boiling water
  • Dutch: koken — cook in boiling water
  • Esperanto: boligi — cook in boiling water
  • Fijian: riri — cook in boiling water
  • Finnish: keittää — cook in boiling water
  • French: faire bouillir — cook in boiling water
  • Friulian: lessâ — cook in boiling water
  • Galician: cocer — cook in boiling water
  • Galician: ferver — cook in boiling water
  • Georgian: ხარშვა (xaršva) — cook in boiling water
  • Georgian: მოხარშვა (moxaršva) — cook in boiling water
  • German: kochen — cook in boiling water
  • German: sieden — cook in boiling water
  • Greek: βράζω (vrázo) — cook in boiling water
  • Ancient Greek: ἕψω (hépsō) — cook in boiling water
  • Gujarati: બાફવું (bāphvũ) — cook in boiling water
  • Hawaiian: paila — cook in boiling water
  • Hungarian: forral — cook in boiling water
  • Hungarian: főz — cook in boiling water
  • Icelandic: sjóða — cook in boiling water
  • Indonesian: merebus — cook in boiling water
  • Indonesian: godok — cook in boiling water
  • Indonesian: menggodok — cook in boiling water
  • Ingrian: keehua — cook in boiling water
  • Irish: bruith — cook in boiling water
  • Japanese: (transitive)ゆでる (yuderu) — cook in boiling water
  • Japanese: 煮る (niru) — cook in boiling water
  • Japanese: (intransitive)ゆだる (yudaru) — cook in boiling water
  • Japanese: 煮える (nieru) — cook in boiling water
  • Jarai: hơtŭk — cook in boiling water
  • Kabuverdianu: ferbe — cook in boiling water
  • Khmer: ដាំ (dam) — cook in boiling water
  • Khmer: ស្ងោរ (sŋao) — cook in boiling water
  • Korean: 끓이다 (kkeurida) — cook in boiling water
  • Lao: ຕົ້ມ (tom) — cook in boiling water
  • Latgalian: virt — cook in boiling water
  • Latvian: vārīt — cook in boiling water
  • Lithuanian: virti — cook in boiling water
  • Malay: merebus — cook in boiling water
  • Brunei Malay: rabus — cook in boiling water
  • Malayalam: തിളയ്ക്കുക (tiḷaykkuka) — cook in boiling water
  • Malayalam: തിളപ്പിയ്ക്കുക (tiḷappiykkuka) — cook in boiling water
  • Maltese: għalla — cook in boiling water
  • Māori: huahua — cook in boiling water
  • Māori: kōhua — cook in boiling water
  • Māori: kōhue — cook in boiling water
  • Māori: pāera — cook in boiling water
  • Minangkabau: abuih — cook in boiling water
  • Navajo: yiłbéézh — cook in boiling water
  • Old English: weallan — cook in boiling water
  • Old English: wiellan — cook in boiling water
  • Polish: gotować — cook in boiling water
  • Polish: kipieć — cook in boiling water
  • Polish: wrzeć — cook in boiling water
  • Portuguese: ferver — cook in boiling water
  • Rarotongan: tunu — cook in boiling water
  • Romanian: fierbe — cook in boiling water
  • Russian: кипяти́ть (kipjatítʹ) — cook in boiling water
  • Russian: вари́ть (varítʹ) — cook in boiling water
  • Samoan: saʻa — cook in boiling water
  • Sanskrit: श्रायति (śrāyati) — cook in boiling water
  • Scottish Gaelic: goil — cook in boiling water
  • Scottish Gaelic: bruich — cook in boiling water
  • Slovak: variť — cook in boiling water
  • Spanish: bullir — cook in boiling water
  • Spanish: cocer — cook in boiling water
  • Spanish: hervir — cook in boiling water
  • Swahili: chemsha — cook in boiling water
  • Swedish: koka — cook in boiling water
  • Thai: ต้ม (dtôm) — cook in boiling water
  • Tocharian A: päk- — cook in boiling water
  • Tocharian B: päk- — cook in boiling water
  • Tongan: haka — cook in boiling water
  • Tongan: lili — cook in boiling water
  • Turkish: haşlamak — cook in boiling water
  • Turkish: kaynatmak — cook in boiling water
  • Ukrainian: вари́ти (varýty) — cook in boiling water
  • Venetan: lesar — cook in boiling water
  • Vietnamese: luộc — cook in boiling water
  • Volapük: kükön — cook in boiling water
  • Welsh: berwi — cook in boiling water
  • Azerbaijani: qaynamaq — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Azerbaijani: dəmləmək — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Bashkir: ҡайнау (qaynaw) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Bulgarian: кипвам (kipvam) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Burmese: ဆူ (hcu) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏥᎭ (alitsiha) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Chichewa: wira — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沸騰 /沸腾 (fèiténg) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Czech: vřít — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Czech: vařit — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Dutch: koken — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Esperanto: boli — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Finnish: kiehua — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • French: bouillir — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • German: kochen — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Greek: βράζω (vrázo) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ancient Greek: ζέω (zéō) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ancient Greek: βράζω (brázō) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Hawaiian: lapa — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Hawaiian: huaʻi — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Hawaiian: huahuaʻi — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Hawaiian: puaʻi — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Hungarian: forr — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ido: boliar — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ido: ebuliar — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ingrian: keehua — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Italian: bollire — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Japanese: 沸く (waku) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Kazakh: қайнау (qainau) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Latin: ferveō — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Latin: bulliō — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Latvian: vārīties — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Latvian: virt — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Lingala: toko — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Lingala: béla — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Lithuanian: užvirti — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Lombard: bui — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Malay: didih — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Malayalam: തിളയ്ക്കുക (tiḷaykkuka) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Māori: pupū — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Mongolian: буцлах (buclax) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Neapolitan: bolle — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Norman: bouoilli — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Norwegian: koke — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Old English: weallan — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Pela: tsu̠55 — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Polish: wrzeć — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Polish: zagotowywać się — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Polish: zagotować się — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Portuguese: ferver — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Portuguese: evaporar — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Quechua: t'impuy — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Rarotongan: pupū — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Russian: закипа́ть (zakipátʹ) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Russian: кипе́ть (kipétʹ) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Russian: закипе́ть (zakipétʹ) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Scottish Gaelic: goil — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Slovak: vrieť — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Lower Sorbian: wariś se — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: hervir — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: herver — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: jervir — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: jerver — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: jerber — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: ebullir — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Spanish: bullir — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Swahili: uvimbe — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Swedish: koka — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Thai: เดือด (dʉ̀ʉat) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Turkish: kaynamak — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ukrainian: кипі́ти (kypíty) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ukrainian: закипа́ти (zakypáty) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Ukrainian: закипі́ти (zakypíty) — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Vietnamese: sôi — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Volapük: kukön — (intransitive) begin to turn into a gas
  • Hebrew: לוֹהֵט (lohet) — colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Malayalam: തിളയ്ക്കുക (tiḷaykkuka) — colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Scottish Gaelic: bruich — colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Slovak: piecť — colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Slovak: pražiť — colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Swahili: uvimbe — colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Azerbaijani: bişmək — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Bulgarian: завирам (zaviram) — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Dutch: stikken — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Finnish: paistua — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Greek: βράζω (vrázo) — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Hungarian: megsül — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Malayalam: തിളയ്ക്കുക (tiḷaykkuka) — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Russian: запа́риться (zapáritʹsja) — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Russian: свари́ться (svarítʹsja) — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Scottish Gaelic: bruich — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Slovak: horieť — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Swahili: uvimbe — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  • Swedish: stekas — colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot