Boil

//bɔɪ(ə)l//

Synonyms for "boil" (315 found)

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487 translations across 130 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • kook verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • kook verb (cook in boiling water)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • δοθιήν noun (accumulation of pus)
  • βράζω verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • ζέω verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • ζέω verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Ao

1 entries
  • molu (Chungli) verb (cook in boiling water)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ثُؤْلُول noun (accumulation of pus)
  • خراج noun (accumulation of pus)
  • خُرَاج noun (accumulation of pus)
  • دمل noun (accumulation of pus)

Arbëresh

1 entries
  • ohtënj verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Armenian

3 entries
  • եռացնել verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • եփել verb (cook in boiling water)
  • խաշել verb (cook in boiling water)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • herbu (roa-rup) verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Assamese

4 entries
  • গাঁৰ noun (accumulation of pus)
  • উতলা verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • উতলোৱা verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • সিজা verb (cook in boiling water)

Asturian

1 entries
  • ferver verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bişirmək verb (cook in boiling water)
  • bişmək verb (colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot)
  • dəmləmək verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • dəmlətmək verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • бешереү verb (cook in boiling water)
  • ҡайнатыу verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • ҡайнау verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • кіпенне noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • нарыў noun (accumulation of pus)
  • скула noun (accumulation of pus)
  • фурункул noun (accumulation of pus)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • उबाल verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • pigsa noun (accumulation of pus)

Breton

1 entries
  • beviñ verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Brunei Malay

2 entries
  • didih verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • rabus verb (cook in boiling water)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • точка на кипене noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • цирей noun (accumulation of pus)
  • ято noun (collective noun for hawks)
  • варя verb (cook in boiling water)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ကျို verb (cook in boiling water)
  • ဆူ verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • ပြုတ် verb (cook in boiling water)

Catalan

4 entries
  • floronco noun (accumulation of pus)
  • furóncol noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bullir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bullir verb (cook in boiling water)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • matag tiki noun (accumulation of pus)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کوڵاندن noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

Cherokee

4 entries
  • ᏚᏍᏗ noun (accumulation of pus)
  • ᎠᎵᏥᎭ verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • ᎠᎵᏥᏗᎭ verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • ᎠᎵᏥᏗᎭ verb (cook in boiling water)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • wira verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • verb (cook in boiling water)
  • verb (cook in boiling water)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • noun (accumulation of pus)
  • 疔瘡 /疔疮 noun (accumulation of pus)
  • 沸騰 /沸腾 verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Cornish

1 entries
  • bryjyon verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Corsican

1 entries
  • bodda verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Czech

4 entries
  • beďar noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bod varu noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • nežit noun (accumulation of pus)
  • uher noun (accumulation of pus)

Danish

2 entries
  • koge verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • koge verb (cook in boiling water)

Dutch

4 entries
  • etterbuil noun (accumulation of pus)
  • kook noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • kookpunt noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • aan de kook brengen verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Emilian

1 entries
  • brunśōl noun (accumulation of pus)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • abceso noun (accumulation of pus)
  • akcipitraro noun (collective noun for hawks)
  • bolo noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • furunko noun (accumulation of pus)

Even

1 entries
  • хуй verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Evenki

1 entries
  • хуй verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Fijian

2 entries
  • riri verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • riri verb (cook in boiling water)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kiehumispiste noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • paise noun (accumulation of pus)
  • keittää verb (cook in boiling water)
  • kiehua verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

French

4 entries
  • bouillir noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • furoncle noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bouillir verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • faire bouillir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Friulian

3 entries
  • bulî verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • lessâ verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • lessâ verb (cook in boiling water)

Galician

4 entries
  • carafuncho noun (accumulation of pus)
  • ferver noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • furuncho noun (accumulation of pus)
  • furúnculo noun (accumulation of pus)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დუღილი noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • ადუღება verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • მოხარშვა verb (cook in boiling water)
  • ხარშვა verb (cook in boiling water)

German

4 entries
  • Eiterbeule noun (accumulation of pus)
  • Furunkel noun (accumulation of pus)
  • Gebrodel noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • Sieden noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

Greek

4 entries
  • βρασμός noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • δοθιήνας noun (accumulation of pus)
  • καλόγερος noun (accumulation of pus)
  • σπυρί noun (accumulation of pus)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ફોલ્લો noun (accumulation of pus)
  • બાફવું verb (cook in boiling water)

Hawaiian

4 entries
  • hoʻolapa verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • huahuaʻi verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • huaʻi verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • lapa verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • פוּרוּנְקֶל noun (accumulation of pus)
  • רתיחה noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • הרתיח verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • לוֹהֵט verb (colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot)

Hindi

4 entries
  • फुंसी noun (accumulation of pus)
  • फोड़ा noun (accumulation of pus)
  • स्फोट noun (accumulation of pus)
  • स्फोटक noun (accumulation of pus)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • furunkulus noun (accumulation of pus)
  • kelés noun (accumulation of pus)
  • felforral verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • forr verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • sjóða verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • sjóða verb (cook in boiling water)

Ido

3 entries
  • boliar verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • boliigar verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • ebuliar verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • didih noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • godok verb (cook in boiling water)
  • menggodok verb (cook in boiling water)
  • merebus verb (cook in boiling water)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • keehua verb (cook in boiling water)
  • keehua verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • keehuttaa verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Irish

3 entries
  • neascóid noun (accumulation of pus)
  • beirigh verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bruith verb (cook in boiling water)

Italian

4 entries
  • foruncolo noun (accumulation of pus)
  • pustola noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bollire verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • far bollire verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Japanese

4 entries
  • おでき noun (accumulation of pus)
  • noun (accumulation of pus)
  • 腫れ物 noun (accumulation of pus)
  • (intransitive)ゆだる verb (cook in boiling water)

Jarai

2 entries
  • hơtŭk verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • hơtŭk verb (cook in boiling water)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • ferbe verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • ferbe verb (cook in boiling water)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • сыздауық noun (accumulation of pus)
  • шиқан noun (accumulation of pus)
  • қайнату verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • қайнау verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ដាំ verb (cook in boiling water)
  • ស្ងោរ verb (cook in boiling water)

Korean

4 entries
  • 끓는점 noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • 비등점 noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • 종기 noun (accumulation of pus)
  • 끓다 verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຕົ້ມ verb (cook in boiling water)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • aizvirt verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • virt verb (cook in boiling water)

Latin

4 entries
  • fūrunculus noun (accumulation of pus)
  • vomica noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bulliō verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bulliō verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Latvian

4 entries
  • čūla noun (accumulation of pus)
  • uzvārīt verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • virt verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • vārīt verb (cook in boiling water)

Lingala

2 entries
  • béla verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • toko verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • užvirinti verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • užvirti verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • virti verb (cook in boiling water)

Lombard

1 entries
  • bui verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wariś se verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • чир noun (accumulation of pus)
  • врие verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Malay

3 entries
  • didih verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • mendidihkan verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • merebus verb (cook in boiling water)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • തിളപ്പിയ്ക്കുക verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • തിളപ്പിയ്ക്കുക verb (cook in boiling water)
  • തിളയ്ക്കുക verb (cook in boiling water)
  • തിളയ്ക്കുക verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Maltese

3 entries
  • mgħolli noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • għalla verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • għalla verb (cook in boiling water)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᡠᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Manx

2 entries
  • askaid noun (accumulation of pus)
  • mamm noun (accumulation of pus)

Marathi

2 entries
  • गळू noun (accumulation of pus)
  • उकळणे verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • glmuej noun (accumulation of pus)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • abuih verb (cook in boiling water)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • буцалгах verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • буцлах verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Māori

4 entries
  • tāpoa noun (accumulation of pus)
  • whēwhē noun (accumulation of pus)
  • huahua verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • huahua verb (cook in boiling water)

Nanai

1 entries
  • пуйси verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Navajo

2 entries
  • yiłbéézh verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • yiłbéézh verb (cook in boiling water)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • bolle verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • fa bolle verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Nepali

1 entries
  • उमाल्नु verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Norman

1 entries
  • bouoilli verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • koke verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Occitan

2 entries
  • bolhir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • estondejar verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Old English

4 entries
  • weallan verb (cook in boiling water)
  • weallan verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • wiellan verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • wiellan verb (cook in boiling water)

Oromo

1 entries
  • dhullaa noun (accumulation of pus)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • خراج noun (accumulation of pus)
  • قبارجق noun (accumulation of pus)
  • چبان noun (accumulation of pus)

Pela

1 entries
  • tsu̠⁵⁵ verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Persian

1 entries
  • جوشیدن noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schwäa noun (accumulation of pus)

Polish

4 entries
  • czyrak noun (accumulation of pus)
  • wrzenie noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • gotować verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • gotować verb (cook in boiling water)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abcesso noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bubão noun (accumulation of pus)
  • carbúnculo noun (accumulation of pus)
  • cisto noun (accumulation of pus)

Prakrit

2 entries
  • 𑀨𑁄𑀟 noun (accumulation of pus)
  • 𑀨𑁄𑀟𑀅 noun (accumulation of pus)

Quechua

2 entries
  • t'impuchiy verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • t'impuy verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Rarotongan

2 entries
  • pupū verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • tunu verb (cook in boiling water)

Romanian

4 entries
  • abces noun (accumulation of pus)
  • buboi noun (accumulation of pus)
  • furuncul noun (accumulation of pus)
  • fierbe verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Romansch

4 entries
  • biergna noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bignun noun (accumulation of pus)
  • botta da marscha noun (accumulation of pus)
  • burschel noun (accumulation of pus)

Russian

4 entries
  • кипе́ние noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • нары́в noun (accumulation of pus)
  • фуру́нкул noun (accumulation of pus)
  • чи́рей noun (accumulation of pus)

Samoan

1 entries
  • saʻa verb (cook in boiling water)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • विस्फोटक noun (accumulation of pus)
  • स्फोट noun (accumulation of pus)
  • स्फोटक noun (accumulation of pus)
  • क्वथते verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • boddire verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bodhire verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bodhiri verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • budhire verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • neasgaid noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bruich verb (cook in boiling water)
  • bruich verb (colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot)
  • bruich verb (colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kuhati verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • prokuhati verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • vùgghiri verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Slovak

4 entries
  • pupienok noun (accumulation of pus)
  • uhor noun (accumulation of pus)
  • var noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
  • vyrážka noun (accumulation of pus)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tur noun (accumulation of pus)

Sotho

1 entries
  • bela verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Spanish

4 entries
  • divieso noun (accumulation of pus)
  • forúnculo noun (accumulation of pus)
  • furúnculo noun (accumulation of pus)
  • hervor noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • golak noun (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

Swahili

4 entries
  • jipu noun (accumulation of pus)
  • uvimbe noun (accumulation of pus)
  • uvimbe noun (collective noun for hawks)
  • chemsha verb (cook in boiling water)

Swedish

4 entries
  • böld noun (accumulation of pus)
  • varböld noun (accumulation of pus)
  • koka verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • koka verb (cook in boiling water)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pigsa noun (accumulation of pus)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కురుపు noun (accumulation of pus)

Thai

4 entries
  • ฝี noun (accumulation of pus)
  • ต้ม verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • ต้ม verb (cook in boiling water)
  • เดือด verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གཉན་འབུར noun (accumulation of pus)

Tocharian A

1 entries
  • päk verb (cook in boiling water)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • päk verb (cook in boiling water)

Tongan

3 entries
  • haka verb (cook in boiling water)
  • lili verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • lili verb (cook in boiling water)

Turkish

4 entries
  • apse noun (accumulation of pus)
  • çıban noun (accumulation of pus)
  • haşlamak verb (cook in boiling water)
  • kaynamak verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

Tày

2 entries
  • bát noun (accumulation of pus)
  • bổi noun (accumulation of pus)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • абсце́с noun (accumulation of pus)
  • гноя́к noun (accumulation of pus)
  • гнійни́к noun (accumulation of pus)
  • нари́в noun (accumulation of pus)

Unami

1 entries
  • pëmuwe noun (accumulation of pus)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ابلنا verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qaynamoq verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Venetan

4 entries
  • bogir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • boir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bojir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • bugir verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nhọt noun (accumulation of pus)
  • luộc verb (cook in boiling water)
  • sôi verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • đun verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Volapük

4 entries
  • kukön verb ((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)
  • kükön verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • kükön verb (cook in boiling water)
  • kükön vati verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cornwyd noun (accumulation of pus)
  • berwi verb ((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
  • berwi verb (cook in boiling water)

Záparo

1 entries
  • pishakuka noun (accumulation of pus)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

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I'll boil you the beans.

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Money will make the pot boil.

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Parents who beat their children really make my blood boil.

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Boil the milk bottles.

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