Synonymer
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
Adjektiv
- That boils or boil.
- (of a thing, informal, hyperbole) Extremely hot or active.
- (of a person, informal, hyperbole) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
- (of the weather, hyperbole) Very hot.
Adverb
- (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
Exempel
- boiling kettle
- boiling oil
- With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
- The radiator is boiling – I'm going to turn it down a bit.
- I'm boiling – can't we open a window?
- It's boiling out today!
- He was boiling mad.
Böjningsformer
| Plural | boilings |
| Komparativ | more boiling |
| Superlativ | most boiling |