Past tense of boil
regular verb
The past tense of boil is boiled. The past participle is also boiled.
Forms of boil
| Base form (V1) | boil /bɔɪ(ə)l/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | boiled /bɔɪld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | boiled /bɔɪld/ |
| Present participle | boiling /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | boils /bɔɪlz/ |
Less standard forms: boilt (nonstandard).
Boiled in a sentence
- Another leader in the packaged product business was the Procter & Gamble Company, formed in Cincinnati in 1837 by William Procter, who molded candles, and his brother-in-law, James Gamble, who boiled soap.2016, Alex Groner, American Heritage History of American Business
- The city boiled with money.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3
- Socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink.From the entry copper
- Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a mighty fine meal.From the entry mighty
- Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.From the entry pap
Meaning of boil
- noun A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
- noun The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
- noun An instance of boiling.
Questions about the past tense of boil
- What is the past tense of boil?
- The past tense of boil is boiled.
- What is the past participle of boil?
- The past participle of boil is boiled.
- Is boil a regular or irregular verb?
- Boil is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is boilt correct?
- boilt is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of boil is boiled.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boil (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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