Boil vs. Cook
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;
