boil
/bɔɪl/ verb [I, T]Translation
LIQUID › If a liquid boils, or if you boil it, it reaches the temperature where bubbles rise up in it and it produces steam.
kaynamak
I'll boil some water for a cup of tea. boiling water1277CONTAINER › If a container of liquid boils, or if you boil it, the liquid inside it reaches the temperature where bubbles rise up in it and it produces steam.
kaynatmak
I've boiled the kettle.1277COOK › to cook food in water that is boiling
boil down to sth phrasal verb haşlamak
Boil the pasta for 10 minutes.898 › If a situation or problem boils down to something, that is the main reason for it.
boil over phrasal verb özetleyecek olursak, hülasa, kısaltmak, özetlemek
The problem boils down to one thing - lack of money.1871LIQUID › If a liquid that is being heated boils over, it flows over the side of the pan.
taşmak, taşırmak
8981631SITUATION/FEELING › If a difficult situation or bad emotion boils over, it cannot be controlled any more and people start to argue or fight.
galeyana gelmek, taşkınlık yapmak, çığırdan çıkmak, kontrolden çıkmak
Finally her anger boiled over and she started hitting him.969(Definition of boil verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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