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boiling

[ boi-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having reached the boiling point; steaming or bubbling up under the action of heat:
boiling water.
fiercely churning or swirling:
the boiling seas.
(of anger, rage, etc.) intense; fierce; heated.

boiling

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Origin of boiling¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; boil ¹ + -ing ²

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I’ve got one of those bamboo whisks, and I like the whole routine of boiling water and then whisking in the matcha powder.

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But the most painful thing were the hives - red, raised bumps on the skin - which felt "like boiling water had been poured over me".

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The peas can also be steamed over a pot of boiling water or in the microwave.

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Nonetheless, it’s not happening faintly soon enough to matter on a planet already heating to the boiling point.

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“With little voice, my creative juices were boiling over and pouring out of me,” Kilmer wrote on the collective’s website.

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