boil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
Types & categories
- staphylococcal infection hypernym
- gumboil hyponym
Sense 2 verb
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- overboil hyponym
Related & opposite
- freeze antonym
- boiler derivation
- boiling point derivation
Sense 3 noun
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
they brought the water to a boil
Types & categories
- temperature hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
boil potatoes
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- kettle derivation
- boiling point derivation
Sense 5 verb
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
boil this liquid until it evaporates
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- boil causes
- boiler derivation
- boiling point derivation
Sense 6 verb
be agitated
the sea was churning in the storm
Types & categories
Sense 7 verb
be in an agitated emotional state
The customer was seething with anger
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- bubble over hyponym
- ferment hyponym
- sizzle hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | staphylococcal infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gumboil |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | freeze |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boiler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boiling point |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overboil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | boil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | boil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | boil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | temperature |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | kettle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boiling point |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | overboil |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | simmer |
| 5 | causes | Related & opposite | boil |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | boiler |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | boiling point |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | decoct |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | seethe |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bubble over |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferment |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sizzle |