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boiled

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verb

past tense of boil
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as in stewed
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam boil the potatoes until they are tender before you try to mash them

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as in swirled
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the sea boiled and frothed during the storm

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Adjective
  • In one particularly frantic game, Tottenham Hotspur’s collective head was so fried that keeper Heurelho Gomes accidentally knocked out his team-mate, Alan Hutton, in trying to deal with an aerial ball.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Try making fried rice Umami’s still a new concept for many cooks.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • In the wake of a cyclone, surface water temperatures plummet, and nutrient-rich deeper layers are churned upward.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But other areas that had been under the control of the Kachin resistance were also churned up for rare earth mining, residents say.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • One kid ate the broiled fruit and loved it; the other would have sooner perished.
    Emily Weinstein, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • But if your crowd would call that having a side dish for supper, the rice won’t mind sharing the bill with a roast chicken, a lamb chop, sautéed mushrooms or a piece of broiled fish.
    David Tanis, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The topic garnered passionate and heated discourse from council members and the mayor. City Council member Cheryl Littlejohn took to the podium during the public comment period to give a speech expressing her own disappointment and frustration about the policy and city operations.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
  • Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence in prison after being convicted on three felony counts for shooting Megan Thee Stallion during a heated dispute outside a Hollywood Hills party in July 2020.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 May 2025
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“Boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiled. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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