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boiling off

boiling off is the present participle and gerund of boil off.

Meaning of boil off

Verb

boil off (third-person singular simple present boils off, present participle boiling off, simple past and past participle boiled off)

  1. (transitive) to remove by boiling
    • Cooking it will boil off the vodka.
  2. (intransitive) to be removed by boiling
    • Some of the salt will rise up with the vapors, but most of it will be left in the pan when the water has boiled off.

Questions about boiling off

What is boiling off the present participle and gerund of?
Boiling off is the present participle and gerund of boil off.

Words near boiling off in the dictionary

  1. boiling down
  2. boiling frog
  3. boiling frogs
  4. boiling hot
  5. boiling mad
  6. boiling off
  7. boiling over
  8. boiling plate
  9. boiling plates
  10. boiling point
  11. boiling points

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