boiled

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/bɔɪld/

adj 5

Collocations

ADJ.

enough, hard, left, long, over, right, violent

VERB + BOILED

building, milk, want

BOILED + NOUN

breakfast, degrees, egg, eggs, lunch, owl

PREP.

after, down, into, on, until, with

ADV.

away

Definitions

adj

Cooked in boiling water.

Having reached the boiling point.

Angry.

Drunk.

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

very hot

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — cooked in hot water

poached
stewed

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

beauty never boiled the pot

Alternative form of beauty won't make the pot boil.

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.

Tatoeba · #18077

The milk boiled over.

Tatoeba · #32225

The water has boiled away.

Tatoeba · #64145

He is a hard boiled egg.

Tatoeba · #72007

I ate some bread and a boiled egg for lunch.

Tatoeba · #259452

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, boiled is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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