boiling

Hot enough for bubbles to rise through a liquid as it changes into gas.

• Add the pasta to boiling water.
• Be careful with the boiling oil.
• Steam rose from the boiling kettle.

Common phrases: boiling water, boiling oil, boiling kettle

Extremely hot, or full of intense activity.

• The radiator is boiling.
• Do not touch that boiling surface.
• The hall was a centre of boiling activity.

Similar words: hot, scorching

Opposites: freezing

Common phrases: boiling hot, boiling radiator, boiling activity

Feeling so hot that you are uncomfortable.

• I’m boiling in this coat.
• She felt boiling after running uphill.
• Are you boiling too, or is it just me?

Similar words: overheated

Opposites: freezing

Common phrases: feel boiling, be boiling

Very hot when describing the weather.

• It’s boiling outside today.
• We stayed indoors during the boiling weather.
• Yesterday was boiling, but today feels cooler.

Similar words: scorching, hot

Opposites: freezing

Common phrases: boiling weather, boiling outside, boiling day

Cooking or cleaning something by keeping it in very hot, bubbling water or another liquid.

• Boiling softens the potatoes.
• These bottles need cleaning by boiling.
• Long boiling can spoil the vegetables.

Common phrases: gentle boiling, boiling of vegetables, after boiling

The process in which a heated liquid forms bubbles and changes into gas.

• Boiling changes liquid water into steam.
• Bubbles form during boiling.
• Lower pressure allows boiling at a lower temperature.

Opposites: condensation

Common phrases: rapid boiling, boiling of water, during boiling

A state of strong, restless feeling or troubled activity, compared to bubbling water.

• She felt a boiling of anger inside.
• The crowd’s restless boiling frightened him.
• His calm words hid an inner boiling.

Similar words: turmoil, agitation

Opposites: calm

Common phrases: boiling of anger, inner boiling

An animation effect where changing outlines make drawings seem to shake or shimmer.

• Line boiling makes the drawing seem alive.
• The artist added subtle boiling to the outlines.
• Too much boiling made the cartoon distracting.

Common phrases: line boiling, boiling effect, subtle boiling