Boil vs. Fry
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.
Fryverb
A method of cooking food.
Fryverb
(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
Fryverb
(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
Fryverb
To be affected by extreme heat or current.
Fryverb
To suffer because of too much heat.
Fryverb
To be executed by the electric chair.
Fryverb
To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
Frynoun
A fried strip of potato.
Frynoun
A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
Frynoun
A state of excitement.
Frynoun
Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
Frynoun
Young fish; fishlings.
Frynoun
(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
Frynoun
The spawn of frogs.
Frynoun
A kind of sieve.
Frynoun
A drain.
Fryverb
To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.
Fryverb
To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.
Fryverb
To simmer; to boil.
Fryverb
To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.
Fryverb
To be agitated; to be greatly moved.
Frynoun
A dish of anything fried.
Frynoun
A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.
Frynoun
The young of any fish.
Frynoun
A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.
Frynoun
English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
Frynoun
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
Frynoun
a young person of either sex;
Fryverb
be excessively hot;
Fryverb
cook on a hot surface using fat;
Fryverb
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;
