Boiling Definition

boilĭng
adjective
Heated to or past the boiling point.
A kettle of boiling water.
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Very angry or upset; seething.
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That boils or boil.
Boiling kettle.
Boiling' oil.
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(of a thing, informal, hyperbolic) Extremely hot or active.
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?
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adverb
Used as an intensive.
Fainted because it was boiling hot; boiling mad over the mistake.
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(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely.

He was boiling mad.
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noun

The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

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Other Word Forms of Boiling

Noun

Singular:
boiling
Plural:
boilings

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