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overboils

overboils is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overboils

What is overboils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overboils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overboil.

Words near overboils in the dictionary

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

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