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boil [boil] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
boil [boil]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blister
Synonyms: abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer
Main Entry: boil
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be angry
Synonyms: be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, flare, foam at the mouth, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm
Antonyms: be happy
Main Entry: abscess
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: swelling
Synonyms: boil, carbuncle, pustule, ulcer
Example Sentences
  • Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan and add salt and rice.
  • Those myths boil down to two interlocking complaints.
  • It seems to boil down to which models one uses and which variables one sets.
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Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad
Synonyms: acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex
Antonyms: calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: blister
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: swelling
Synonyms: abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal
Main Entry: brew
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prepare by boiling
Synonyms: boil, concoct, cook, ferment, infuse, mull, seethe, soak, steep, stew
Main Entry: bristle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become upset, excited
Synonyms: be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell
Main Entry: bubble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: foam, froth up, especially with sound
Synonyms: boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well
Main Entry: burn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be excited about; yearn for
Synonyms: be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe fire, bristle, desire, eat up, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn
Antonyms: stifle, subdue
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