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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very angry |
| Synonyms: | be furious, be incensed, be livid, be mad, be on the warpath, blow one's stack, blow up, boil, breathe fire, bristle, burn, ferment, flare, flip, foam, foam at mouth, froth, fume, hit the ceiling, rage, see red, simmer, smolder, spark, stew, storm |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | churn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, beat |
| Synonyms: | agitate, boil, bubble, convulse, ferment, foam, froth, jolt, moil, seethe, simmer, stir up, swirl, toss |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wet thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem |
| Antonyms: | dry, parch |
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