boiling

¹boil·ing

adjective \ˈbȯi(-ə)-liŋ\

Definition of BOILING

1

a : heated to the boiling point

b : torrid <a boiling sun>

2

: intensely agitated <a boiling sea> <boiling with anger>

Examples of BOILING

1. I'm boiling in this suit.
2. It is boiling in here.

First Known Use of BOILING

14th century

Related to BOILING

Synonyms

ardent, hot, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot

Antonyms

algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy

Related Words

blazing, glowing, igneous, molten, seething, sizzling; heated, overheated, reheated, warmed; snug, toasty, warm, warmish; feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed); canicular, muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical

Near Antonyms

chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, nippy, snappy; blizzardly, frosty, snowy, subfreezing, subzero, wintry (also wintery); chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated; benumbed, numb, shivering

²boiling

adverb

Definition of BOILING

: to an extreme degree : very <boiling mad> <boiling hot>

Examples of BOILING

1. The sun was boiling hot.
2. He is boiling mad at how he was treated.

First Known Use of BOILING

1607

Rhymes with BOILING

moiling

boiling

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Cooking of food by immersion in water, stock, or other liquid heated to its boiling point. Boiling is used to cook meats, vegetables, and some grain foods (pasta, for example). Scalding, accomplished by heating to about 185 °F (85 °C), is commonly used to prepare milk to be used as an ingredient in various dishes. At just above the scalding temperature, fish and eggs may be poached. At the simmering point, just below that of boiling, soups, stews, and pot roasts may be prepared. Many foods, especially vegetables, are steamed in a rack placed above boiling water.