Boil vs. Cook

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Boilnoun

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

Boilnoun

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.

Boilnoun

A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

Boilnoun

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Boilverb

(transitive) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

Boilverb

To cook in boiling water.

Boilverb

(intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

Boilverb

Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.

Boilverb

To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.

Boilverb

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

Boilverb

(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.

Boilverb

To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.

Boilverb

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

Boilverb

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.

Boilverb

To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

Boilverb

To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

Boilverb

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.

Boilverb

To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

Boilverb

To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

Boilverb

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

Boilverb

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.

Boilverb

To steep or soak in warm water.

Boilnoun

Act or state of boiling.

Boilnoun

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.

Boilnoun

a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

Boilnoun

the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;

Boilverb

come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;

Boilverb

cook in boiling liquid;

Boilverb

bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;

Boilverb

be agitated;

Boilverb

be in an agitated emotional state;

Boilverb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour

Boilverb

(with reference to a kettle, pan, or other container) heat or be heated until the liquid inside starts to boil

Boilverb

(with reference to food) cook or be cooked by immersing in boiling water or stock

Boilverb

wash or sterilize in very hot water

Boilverb

execute (someone) by subjecting them to the heat of boiling liquid

Boilverb

(of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and stormy

Boilverb

(of a person or strong emotion) be stirred up

Boilnoun

the temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour

Boilnoun

the process of heating a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour

Boilnoun

a state of great activity or excitement

Boilnoun

a sudden rise of a fish at a fly

Boilnoun

a casual outdoor meal at which shellfish is prepared by boiling

Boilnoun

a dish of shellfish boiled in a large pot with sweetcorn, potatoes, and other ingredients

Boilnoun

an inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

Boil

A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle. It is most commonly caused by infection by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, resulting in a painful swollen area on the skin caused by an accumulation of pus and dead tissue.

Cooknoun

(cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.

Cooknoun

(cooking) The head cook of a manor house

Cooknoun

(slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.

Cooknoun

(slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.

Cooknoun

A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.

Cookverb

(transitive) To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

Cookverb

(intransitive) To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

Cookverb

(intransitive) To be being cooked.

Cookverb

To be uncomfortably hot.

Cookverb

To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.

Cookverb

To concoct or prepare.

Cookverb

To tamper with or alter; to cook up.

Cookverb

To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)

Cookverb

To play music vigorously.

Cookverb

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Cookverb

To throw.

Cookverb

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Cookverb

To throw.

Cookverb

To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

Cookverb

To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; - often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.

Cookverb

To prepare food for the table.

Cooknoun

One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

Cooknoun

A fish, the European striped wrasse.

Cooknoun

someone who cooks food

Cooknoun

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Cookverb

prepare a hot meal;

Cookverb

prepare for eating by applying heat;

Cookverb

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;

Cookverb

transform by heating;

Cookverb

fake or falsify;

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