boil

/bɔɪl/

US pronunciation

American sound/bɔɪl/

boil

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> boil

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပွက်ပွက်ဆူ (n) အနာစိမ်း။သွေးစုနာ။မွေးကျွတ်နာ။

Full entry

boil¹ /bↄÇl/ v

၁။ (က) (အရည်) ပွက်ပွက်ဆူသည်။ The kettle (ie The water inside it) is boiling. ❍ Have the potatoes (ie Has the water in which the potatoes are being cooked) boiled yet? ❍ WATER (ခ) ~ (away) ဆူနေသည်။ ပွက်နေ သည်။ There's a saucepan boiling away on the stove.
၂။ ဆူအောင်ကျိုချက်သည်။ boil some water for the rice.
၃။ ~ sth (for sb) ပြုတ်သည်။ boiled cabbage/carrots/potatoes ❍ Please boil me an egg/boil an egg for me. ❍ COOK
၄။ ~ (over) ဒေါသူပုန်ထသည်။ He was boiling (over) with rage.
n [sing] ဆူခြင်း။ ပြုတ်ခြင်း။ ဆူမှတ်။ Bring the mixture to the boil, then let it simmer for ten minutes. ❍ Let it come to the boil slowly. ❍ Don't leave it on the boil for long.
❏ boil (sth) away [PHRV ] ခန်းအောင်ကျိုသည်။ ခန်းသွား သည်။ The water in the kettle had all boiled away.
❏ boil (sth) down [PHRV ] (ပြုတ်၍) ကျုံ့သွားသည်၊ ကျုံ့သွားစေသည်။
❏ boil sth down (to sth) [PHRV ] (infml ) အကျဉ်းချုံးသည်။ The original programme has been boiled down to just twenty minutes.
❏ boil down to sth [PHRV ] နောက်ဆုံး သတ္တုချလိုက်သော် ဆိုက်ရောက်သည်မှာ။ The issue really boils down to a clash between left and right. ❍ It all boils down to money in the end.
❏ boil dry [IDM ] (Brit ) ဆူပြီးခန်းသွားသည်။ Don't let the pan boil dry.
❏ boiled sweet n (Brit ) (US hard candy ) (ညောင်စေးကျ အောင်ကျိုပြီး ခဲထားသည့်) သကြားချောင်း။
❏ boiling adj = BOILING HOT: You must be boiling in that thick sweater.
❏ boiling hot adj (infml ) အလွန်ပူသော၊ ပူပြင်းသော။ a boiling hot day.
❏ boiling-point n
၁။ (အရည်) ဆူသည့် အပူချိန်မှတ်။ ဆူမှတ်။
၂။ (fig) ပေါက်ကွဲလုလုအနေ။ Racial tension has reached boiling-point.
❏ boil over [PHRV ]
၁။ (အရည်ဆူပြီး) ဝေကျသည်။ The milk is boiling over.
၂။ (infml ) ဒေါသမထိန်းနိုင်ဖြစ်သည်။
၃။ (အခြေအနေ၊ ပဋိပက္ခ စသည်) ထိန်းမနိုင်သိမ်းမရဖြစ်သည်။ The unrest could boil over into civil war.
❏ off the boil [IDM ] အဆူတန့်သွားသည်။ နည်းနည်း အေးသွားသည်။ (fig infml ) He began by playing brilliantly but he's rather gone off the boil (ie he has begun playing less well) in the last few minutes.

boil² /bↄÇl/ n

အနာစိမ်း။ မွေးကျွတ်နာ။

More examples

When the water boils, add the rice.
Boil some milk in a pan.
[put something on to boil] : She put two pans of soup on to boil.
He stood in the kitchen waiting for the pan to boil.
I’ll just boil the kettle and we can have some tea.
[boil dry] : The saucepan had boiled dry and the carrots were burnt.
How long does it take to boil an egg?
The pasta needs to boil for 10 minutes.
[put something on to boil] : Can you put the vegetables on to boil, please?
James felt the fury boiling within him.
[boil with rage/anger] : Boiling with rage, Kate slammed the car door and drove off.

Synonyms

simmer, bubble, poach, cook, stew, heat, abscess, agitate, be angry, be indignant, be infuriated, be irate, blain, blister, blow up, bristle, burn, carbuncle, churn, coddle, cyst, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, excrescence, fizz, flare, foam, foam at the mouth, froth, fulminate, fume, furuncle, parboil, pimple, pustule, rage, rave, seethe, smolder, sore, spot, sputter, steam, steep, storm, swelling, tumor, ulcer

Antonyms

be happy, freeze