Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOILING

ppr. Bubbling; heaving in bubbles; being agitated as boiling liquor; swelling with heat, ardor or passion; dressing or preparing for some purpose by hot water.

 

BOILING

n.The act or state of bubbling; agitation by heat; ebullition; the act of dressing by hot water; the act of preparing by hot water, or of evaporating by heat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOILING

BOILING Boil "ing, a.

 

Defn: Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion. Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 3 in. , it is 212 º Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96º; for ether, 94.8º; for mercury, about 675º. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 55 feet of ascent above the level of the sea. -- Boiling spring, a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser. -- To be at the boiling point, to be very angry. -- To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq. ]

 

BOILING

BOILING Boil "ing, n.

 

1. The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

 

2. Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

 

BOILINGLY

BOILINGLY Boil "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: With boiling or ebullition. And lakes of bitumen rise boiling higher. Byron.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

boiling

boil ing |ˈboiliNG bɔɪlɪŋ | ▶adjective (for fresh water at sea level ) at 212 °F (100 °C ). • (also boiling hot ) informal (used hyperbolically ) extremely hot: Saturday is forecast to be boiling and sunny. ▶noun the action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapor. • the temperature at which such an event occurs: reheat gently to just below boiling.

 

boiling point

boil ing point |ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˈˌpɔɪnt | ▶noun the temperature at which a liquid boils and turns to vapor. • the point at which anger or excitement breaks out into violent expression: emotions had reached boiling point and could spill over into violence. racial tension surges to boiling point.

 

boiling-water reactor

boil ing-wa ter re ac tor (abbr.: BWR ) ▶noun a nuclear reactor in which the fuel is uranium oxide clad in zircaloy and the coolant and moderator is water, which is boiled to produce steam for driving turbines.

 

Oxford Dictionary

boiling

boil |ing |ˈbɔɪlɪŋ | ▶adjective at or near boiling point: boiling water. • informal extremely hot: Saturday is forecast to be boiling and sunny | [ as submodifier ] : I felt boiling hot. ▶noun [ mass noun ] boiling point: reheat the sauce to just below boiling. • the action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

 

boiling point

boil |ing point ▶noun the temperature at which a liquid boils and turns to vapour. • the point at which anger or excitement breaks out into violent expression: emotions had reached boiling point and could spill over into violence. racial tension surged to boiling point.

 

boiling-water reactor

boiling-water reactor (abbrev.: BWR ) ▶noun a nuclear reactor in which the fuel is uranium oxide clad in zircaloy and the coolant and moderator is water, which is boiled to produce steam for driving turbines.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

boiling

boiling adjective 1 boiling water: at boiling point, at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, at 100 degrees Celsius /centigrade; very hot, piping hot; bubbling. ANTONYMS freezing, ice-cold. 2 informal it was a boiling day: very hot, scorching, blistering, sweltering, sultry, torrid; informal broiling, roasting, baking, sizzling. ANTONYMS cold, freezing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

boiling

boiling adjective 1 boiling water: at boiling point, at 100 degrees Celsius /centigrade; steaming, bubbling, gurgling, evaporating; very hot, piping (hot ), red hot, sizzling. ANTONYMS cold, freezing. 2 informal it was a boiling hot morning: very hot, scorching, roasting, baking, blistering, blazing, sweltering, parching, searing, broiling, sultry, torrid, sweaty, oven-like. ANTONYMS cold, cool.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

boiling

boil ing /bɔ́ɪlɪŋ /→boil 1 形容詞 副詞 比較なし 1 沸騰している 〈液体 〉; 沸き立つ 〈海など 〉▸ boiling water (ぐらぐらの )熱湯 (!火からおろした湯のことはboiled water ) 2 ｟くだけて ｠うだるように暑い ▸ a boiling hot day ひどく暑い日 名詞 U 沸騰すること, 煮沸 .～́ p ò int 1 沸点 .2 ｟話 ｠(興奮の )頂点 ; (忍耐の )限界 ▸ reach boiling point 〈状況が 〉最悪になる