adjective. Heated to or past the boiling point.

adjective. Very angry or upset; seething.

adverb. Used as an intensive.

At the temperature at which any specified liquid passes into a gaseous state; bubbling up under the action of heat: as, boiling water; boiling springs.

Figuratively— Fiercely agitated; raging: as, the boiling seas.

Heated; inflamed; bursting with passion: as, boiling indignation.

noun. The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

noun. Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

adjective. Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

adjective. the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 ° Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96°; for ether, 94.8°; for mercury, about 675°. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea.

adjective. a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.

adjective. to be very angry.

adjective. to keep going on actively, as in certain games.

verb. Present participle of boil.

noun. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

adjective. That boils or boil.

adjective. Extremely hot.

adjective. Feeling uncomfortably hot.

adjective. Very hot.

adverb. Extremely

adverb. extremely

noun. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

noun. the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

"It should not cease boiling one moment from the time it is put in until taken out, and the pot must be tightly covered, and the cover not removed except when necessary to add water from the _boiling_ tea-kettle when the water is getting low."