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boiling up

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

Meaning of boil up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.
    • Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become more excited, intense or exciting.
  3. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.

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Questions about boiling up

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

Words near boiling up in the dictionary

  1. boiling someone's piss
  2. Boiling Springs
  3. boiling the ocean
  4. boiling tube
  5. boiling tubes
  6. boiling up
  7. boiling-hot
  8. boiling-house
  9. boiling-point elevation
  10. boilingly
  11. boilings

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