{
    "term": "boil",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/co/cooking.png",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "boil",
            "heSheIt": "boils"
        },
        "pastSimple": "boiled",
        "pastParticiple": "boiled",
        "ingForm": "boiling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "when a liquid boils or when you boil it, it is heated to the point where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour",
            "sensetop": "boil something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The water was bubbling and boiling away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Boil plenty of salted water, then add the spaghetti.",
                    "contextForm": "boil something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Boil the water for five minutes to sterilize it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Water boils at 100°C."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["furiously", "rapidly", "vigorously"],
                "verb + boil": ["put something on to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "when a kettle, pan, etc. boils or when you boil a kettle, etc., it is heated until the water inside it boils",
            "sensetop": "boil something+ adj.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The kettle's boiling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll boil the kettle and make some tea.",
                    "contextForm": "boil something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cover the pot and let it boil gently for 25 minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She left the gas on by mistake and the pan **boiled dry** *(= the water boiled until there was none left)*.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll put the kettle on to boil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kettle's boiled. Do you want some tea?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Boil a large pan of salted water."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["furiously", "rapidly", "vigorously"],
                "verb + boil": ["put something on to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to cook or wash something in boiling water; to be cooked or washed in boiling water",
            "sensetop": "boil somethingboil somebody something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She put some potatoes on to boil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "boiled carrots/cabbage/potatoes",
                    "contextForm": "boil something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to boil an egg for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to boil somebody an egg",
                    "contextForm": "boil somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She can scarcely boil an egg."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Boil the beans rapidly for ten minutes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["furiously", "rapidly", "vigorously"],
                "verb + boil": ["put something on to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "if you boil with anger, etc. or anger, etc. boils inside you, you are very angry",
            "sensetop": "boil (with something)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was boiling with rage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wanted to give vent to the fury boiling within her."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to attempt to do something very difficult or impossible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't try to boil the ocean by supporting every device imaginable."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody extremely angry",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The way he treats his employees really makes my blood boil."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that when you are impatient for something to happen, time seems to pass very slowly",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔɪl/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boil__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔɪlz/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boils__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔɪld/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boiled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boiling__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔɪl/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boil__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔɪlz/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boils__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔɪld/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boiled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bo/boil/boiling__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Middle English: from Old French boillir, from Latin bullire ‘to bubble’, from bulla ‘bubble’."
}