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Boiling: Meaning, Usage, and Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：boiling (Boiling)

Boiling 🔊

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

adj., v-ing

When a liquid like water is so hot that it bubbles and turns into steam.

boiling 🔊

➕

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

adj., v-ing

When a liquid reaches a temperature where it vaporizes rapidly, creating bubbles and steam.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：primary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Boil (from Latin 'bullire' meaning 'to bubble') + -ing (present participle suffix).

💡 Mnemonic

Picture a pot bubbling over with heat; when angry, you feel like that pot about to overflow.

📖 Example

Be careful! The soup is boiling and might splash on you. 🔊 Be careful! The soup is boiling and might splash on you.

🔗 Collocations

boiling water – boiling water

boiling point – boiling point

boiling hot – boiling hot

🔄 Synonyms

bubbling (adj.) – Producing bubbles, especially from heat.

scalding (adj.) – Extremely hot, capable of burning.

🚫 Antonyms

freezing (adj.) – At or below the temperature at which water turns to ice.

cold (adj.) – Having a low temperature.

🌱 Derivatives

boil (v.) – To reach or cause to reach the boiling point.

boiler (n.) – A device for heating water.

boilingly (adv.) – In a way that is very hot or angry.

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Latin 'bullire' (to bubble). In Middle English, it became 'boillen'. The term 'boiling point' emerged in 18th-century science, now used metaphorically for anger.

Meaning 2：seething (Boiling)

Boiling 🔊

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

adj., v-ing

Used to describe a person who is extremely angry, as if their emotions are bubbling over like hot water.

Boiling anger expression with steam from ears

seething 🔊

➕

/ˈsiːðɪŋ/

adj., v-ing

Extremely angry, as if one's emotions are bubbling over like boiling liquid.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

She was boiling with anger after seeing the broken window. 🔊 She was boiling with anger after seeing the broken window.

🔗 Collocations

boiling with anger – boiling with anger

boiling mad – boiling mad

boiling rage – boiling rage

🔄 Synonyms

furious (adj.) – Extremely angry.

enraged (adj.) – Made very angry.

incensed (adj.) – Very angry, as if provoked.

🚫 Antonyms

calm (adj.) – Not angry or anxious.

composed (adj.) – In control of one's emotions.

placid (adj.) – Peaceful and undisturbed.

🌱 Derivatives

boil (v.) – To be extremely angry.

boilingly (adv.) – In a very angry manner.