boiled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɪld/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪld

Verb

boiled

1. simple past and past participle of boil

Adjective

boiled (comparative more boiled, superlative most boiled)

1. Cooked in boiling water.
2. (of water) Having reached the boiling point.
3. (colloquial) Angry.
4. (colloquial) Drunk.
   • 1965, Herman Wouk, Don't Stop the Carnival, page 56:

     I got a closing at four o'clock in the Chrysler building and I'm boiled as an owl.

5. very hot

Derived terms

• boiled custard
• boiled egg
• boiled frog
• boiled rag
• half-boiled
• hard boiled
• hot boiled beans
• nonboiled
• preboiled
• semiboiled
• soft boiled
• unboiled

Translations

cooked in hot water

Arabic: مَسْلُوق (maslūq) Azerbaijani: qaynadılmış, soyutma Chinese: Mandarin: 煮沸 (zh) (zhǔfèi), 煮 (zh) (zhǔ) Cornish: bryjys Finnish: keitetty (fi) French: bouilli (fr) Galician: cocido (gl), fervido German: gekocht (de) Greek: Ancient: ἑψητός (hepsētós), ἑφθός (hephthós) Hebrew: מְבֻשָּׁל (mevushál) Hindi: उबला हुआ m (ublā huā) Italian: bollito (it) Japanese: 茹でた (ja) (ゆでた, yudeta) Latin: ēlixus Manx: broieit Mongolian: чанасан (mn) (čanasan) Russian: варёный (ru) (varjónyj), отварно́й (ru) (otvarnój) Scottish Gaelic: bruich Southern Altai: кайнаткан (kaynatkan) Swedish: kokt (sv) Turkmen: gaýnadylan Welsh: wedi'i ferwi, berwedig

brought to boiling

Arabic: مَغْلِيّ (maḡliyy) Azerbaijani: qaynadılmış Finnish: keitetty (fi), kiehautettu Russian: кипячёный (ru) (kipjačónyj)

angry — see angry

drunk — see drunk

Anagrams

• bolide, odible, oldbie