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1

a : heated to the boiling point

b : torrid <a boiling sun>

2

: intensely agitated <a boiling sea> <boiling with anger>

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14th century

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Synonyms: ardent, hot, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot

Antonyms: algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy

Full Definition of BOILING

: to an extreme degree : very <boiling mad> <boiling hot>

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First Known Use of BOILING

1607

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moiling

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