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{
"term": "boil",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/co/cooking.png",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "boil",
"heSheIt": "boils"
},
"pastSimple": "boiled",
"pastParticiple": "boiled",
"ingForm": "boiling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "when a liquid boils or when you boil it, it is heated to the point where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour",
"sensetop": "boil something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The water was bubbling and boiling away."
},
{
"text": "Boil plenty of salted water, then add the spaghetti.",
"contextForm": "boil something"
},
{
"text": "Boil the water for five minutes to sterilize it."
},
{
"text": "Water boils at 100°C."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["furiously", "rapidly", "vigorously"],
"verb + boil": ["put something on to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "when a kettle, pan, etc. boils or when you boil a kettle, etc., it is heated until the water inside it boils",
"sensetop": "boil something+ adj.",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The kettle's boiling."
},
{
"text": "I'll boil the kettle and make some tea.",
"contextForm": "boil something"
},
{
"text": "Cover the pot and let it boil gently for 25 minutes."
},
{
"text": "She left the gas on by mistake and the pan **boiled dry** *(= the water boiled until there was none left)*.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "I'll put the kettle on to boil."
},
{
"text": "The kettle's boiled. Do you want some tea?"
},
{
"text": "Boil a large pan of salted water."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["furiously", "rapidly", "vigorously"],
"verb + boil": ["put something on to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to cook or wash something in boiling water; to be cooked or washed in boiling water",
"sensetop": "boil somethingboil somebody something",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She put some potatoes on to boil."
},
{
"text": "boiled carrots/cabbage/potatoes",
"contextForm": "boil something"
},
{
"text": "to boil an egg for somebody"
},
{
"text": "to boil somebody an egg",
"contextForm": "boil somebody something"
},
{
"text": "She can scarcely boil an egg."
},
{
"text": "Boil the beans rapidly for ten minutes."
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["furiously", "rapidly", "vigorously"],
"verb + boil": ["put something on to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "if you boil with anger, etc. or anger, etc. boils inside you, you are very angry",
"sensetop": "boil (with something)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was boiling with rage."
},
{
"text": "She wanted to give vent to the fury boiling within her."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to attempt to do something very difficult or impossible",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't try to boil the ocean by supporting every device imaginable."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make somebody extremely angry",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The way he treats his employees really makes my blood boil."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that when you are impatient for something to happen, time seems to pass very slowly",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔɪl/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boil__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔɪlz/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boils__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔɪld/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boiled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boiling__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔɪl/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boil__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔɪlz/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boils__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔɪld/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boiled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/",
"audio": "bo/boil/boiling__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Middle English: from Old French boillir, from Latin bullire ‘to bubble’, from bulla ‘bubble’."
}