boiling

English

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

An animated drawing utilizing the boiling technique.

Etymology

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

English -ing

English boiling

From boil + -ing.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪlɪŋ
• Hyphenation: boil‧ing

Verb

boiling

1. present participle and gerund of boil

Noun

boiling (countable and uncountable, plural boilings)

2. (uncountable, countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

   Antonym: freezing

   Coordinate terms: evaporating, sublimating, superheating

4. (uncountable, countable) The cooking (of food) or cleaning (of an object) by immersing it in liquid (usually water) that is boiling.

   Coordinate terms: steaming, sautéing, broiling, frying, baking

6. (countable, figurative) A turmoil; a disturbance like that of bubbling water.
8. (uncountable, figurative) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.

Derived terms

• boiling-house
• global boiling
• whole boiling

Translations

process of changing the state of a substance

• Arabic: غَلَيَان m (ḡalayān)
• Armenian: եռում (hy) (eṙum)
• Azerbaijani: qaynama
• 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 Greek: 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)
• Latin: ēbullītiō f
• Portuguese: ebulição (pt), fervura (pt)
• Russian: кипе́ние (ru) n (kipénije)
• Sicilian: vuḍḍuta f, vugghiuta f
• Swedish: kokning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkulo, pagkukumulo
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: غلیان (galeyân), فوران (feverân)

• 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.

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

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Conference in the Morning”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, 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.

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

   Synonyms: steaming, cooking, baking, frying

   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
• boilingly
• boiling mad
• nonboiling

Translations

that boil(s)

• Armenian: եռացող (eṙacʻoġ), եռման (hy) (eṙman)
• Azerbaijani: qaynayan
• 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, ēbulliēns, fervēns
• Portuguese: fervente (pt)
• Spanish: hervoroso
• 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)

• Azerbaijani: qaynar (az)
• 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: hervoroso
• 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 (te) (maṇḍucunna)

Adverb

boiling (not comparable)

1. (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

   He was boiling mad.

Further reading

• “boiling”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.