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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Boil
     (rendered "botch" in Deut. 28:27, 35), an aggravated ulcer, as
     in the case of Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:7; Isa. 38:21) or of the
     Egyptians (Ex. 9:9, 10, 11; Deut. 28:27, 35). It designates the
     disease of Job (2:7), which was probably the black leprosy.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Boil \Boil\, v. t.
     1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause
        ebullition; as, to boil water.
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     2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to
        boil sugar or salt.
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     3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as
        to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing,
        etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The stomach cook is for the hall,
              And boileth meate for them all.       --Gower.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can
              not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new
              seeds will sprout sooner.             --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil
        down sap or sirup.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Boil \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
     bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
     bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an
     edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]
     1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the
        generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or
        of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point;
        to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
        heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
                                                    31.
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     3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
        when heated; as, the water boils away.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
        as, his blood boils with anger.
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              Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
                                                    --Surrey.
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     5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
        are boiling.
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     To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
        the action of heat.
  
     To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
        when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
        of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
        as to lose self-control.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Boil \Boil\, n.
     Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See Beal, Bile.]
     A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration,
     discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small
     fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
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     A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to
        come to a head.
  
     Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin,
        probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as
        among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Boil \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
     bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
     bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an
     edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]
     1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the
        generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or
        of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point;
        to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
  
     2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
        heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
  
              He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
                                                    31.
  
     3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
        when heated; as, the water boils away.
  
     4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
        as, his blood boils with anger.
  
              Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
                                                    --Surrey.
  
     5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
        are boiling.
  
     To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
        the action of heat.
  
     To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
        when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
        of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
        as to lose self-control.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Boil \Boil\, n.
     Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See Beal, Bile.]
     A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration,
     discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small
     fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
  
     A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to
        come to a head.
  
     Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin,
        probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as
        among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Boil \Boil\, v. t.
     1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause
        ebullition; as, to boil water.
  
     2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to
        boil sugar or salt.
  
     3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as
        to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing,
        etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
  
              The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate
              for them all.                         --Gower.
  
     4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]
  
              To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can
              not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new
              seeds will sprout sooner.             --Bacon.
  
     To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil
        down sap or sirup.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  boil
       n 1: a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core [syn: furuncle]
       2: the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the
          brought to water to a boil" [syn: boiling point]
       v 1: come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;
            "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" [ant: freeze]
       2: cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"
       3: bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this
          liquid until it evaporates"
       4: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn,
           moil, roil]
       5: be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was
          seething with anger" [syn: seethe]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το σημείο του δέρματος όπου συγκεντρώνεται πύον λόγω κάποιας
  μόλυνσης
     2 βρασμός
     Αγγλικά vb.
     βράζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     n.
     A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from
  infection.
     n.
     1 The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling
  point.
     2 An instance of (l en boiling).
     3 A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins
  to turn into a gas.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
     3 (lb en intransitive of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas,
  seethe.
     4 (lb en transitive UK informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to
  cause the contents to boil.
     5 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses of
  weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
     6 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses) To
  feel uncomfortably hot.
     7 (lb en transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
     9 To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
     10 To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     n.
     A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from
  infection.
     n.
     1 The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling
  point.
     2 An instance of (l en boiling).
     3 A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins
  to turn into a gas.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
     3 (lb en intransitive of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas,
  seethe.
     4 (lb en transitive UK informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to
  cause the contents to boil.
     5 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses of
  weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
     6 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses) To
  feel uncomfortably hot.
     7 (lb en transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
     9 To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
     10 To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     n.
     A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from
  infection.
     n.
     1 The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling
  point.
     2 An instance of (l en boiling).
     3 A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins
  to turn into a gas.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
     3 (lb en intransitive of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas,
  seethe.
     4 (lb en transitive UK informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to
  cause the contents to boil.
     5 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses of
  weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
     6 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses) To
  feel uncomfortably hot.
     7 (lb en transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
     9 To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
     10 To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     n.
     A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from
  infection.
     n.
     1 The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling
  point.
     2 An instance of (l en boiling).
     3 A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins
  to turn into a gas.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
     3 (lb en intransitive of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas,
  seethe.
     4 (lb en transitive UK informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to
  cause the contents to boil.
     5 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses of
  weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
     6 (lb en intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses) To
  feel uncomfortably hot.
     7 (lb en transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
     9 To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
     10 To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     Englanti n.
     paise
     Englanti vb.
     1 kiehua
     2 keittää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  boil
     Engelska n.
     böld, varböld
     Engelska vb.
     koka, sjuda

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  boil /bˈɔɪl/
  kook

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Boil /bˈɔɪl/
  اغل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  boil //bɔɪl// //ˈbɔɪ.əl// 
  1. цирей
  accumulation of pus
  2. точка на кипене
  point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  boil //bɔɪl// //ˈbɔɪ.əl// 
  1. кипвам
  begin to turn into a gas
  2. завирам
  colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
  3. варя
  cook in boiling water
  4. кипя
  heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas