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overboiling

overboiling is the present participle and gerund of overboil.

Meaning of overboil

Verb

overboil (third-person singular simple present overboils, present participle overboiling, simple past and past participle overboiled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
    • If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.
    Antonyms:
    underboil

Questions about overboiling

What is overboiling the present participle and gerund of?
Overboiling is the present participle and gerund of overboil.

Words near overboiling in the dictionary

  1. overbodies
  2. overbody
  3. overbodying
  4. overboil
  5. overboiled
  6. overboiling
  7. overboils
  8. overboisterous
  9. overboisterously
  10. overbold
  11. overboldly

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