boil

boil
boil [bɔɪl]
1. intransitive verb
[liquid] bouillir
• the kettle is boiling l'eau bout (dans la bouilloire)
• to begin to boil se mettre à bouillir
2. transitive verb
   a. [+ water] faire bouillir
   b. [+ food] (faire) cuire à l'eau, (faire) bouillir
• boiled egg œuf m à la coque
• boiled potatoes pommes fpl vapeur
• boiled sweet (British) bonbon m à sucer
3. noun
   a. on the boil qui bout ; [situation, project] (inf) en ébullition
• to bring sth to the or a boil (British, US) faire bouillir qch
• to come to the or a boil (British, US) venir à ébullition
   b. ( = swelling) furoncle m
4. compounds
► boil-in-a-bag, boil-in-the-bag adjective que l'on cuit dans le sachet
► boil down
1. intransitive verb
• what it boils down to is this tout se résume à ceci
2. separable transitive verb
[+ sauce] faire réduire
► boil over intransitive verb
   a. [water, milk, pot] déborder
   b. (with rage) bouillir (with de)
• their anger boiled over into violence leur colère a dégénéré en violence
* * *
[bɔɪl] 1.
noun
1)

to be on the boil — GB lit, fig être en ébullition

to bring something to the boil — porter quelque chose à ébullition

to go off the boil — GB [water] cesser de bouillir

2) Medicine furoncle m
2.
transitive verb
1) (also boil up) faire bouillir, porter [quelque chose] à ébullition [liquid]
2) (cook) faire bouillir, faire cuire [quelque chose] à l'eau

to boil an egg — faire cuire un œuf

3.
intransitive verb
1) [water, vegetables etc] bouillir

the kettle is boiling — l'eau bout (dans la bouilloire)

the saucepan boiled dry — toute l'eau de la casserole s'est évaporée

2) fig [sea] bouillonner; [person] bouillir (with de)

to make somebody's blood boil — faire sortir quelqu'un de ses gonds

4.
boiled past participle adjective

boiled chicken — poule f au pot

boiled egg — œuf m à la coque

Phrasal Verbs:

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