boiled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɪld/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪld

Verb

boiled

1. simple past and past participle of boil

Adjective

boiled (comparative more boiled, superlative most boiled)

1. Cooked in boiling water.
2. (of water) Having reached the boiling point.
3. (colloquial) Angry.
4. (colloquial) Drunk.
   • 1965, Herman Wouk, Don't Stop the Carnival, page 56:

     I got a closing at four o'clock in the Chrysler building and I'm boiled as an owl.

Derived terms

• boiled egg
• boiled frog
• half-boiled
• hard boiled
• hot boiled beans
• nonboiled
• preboiled
• semiboiled
• soft boiled
• unboiled

 

Translations

cooked in hot water

• Arabic: مَسْلُوق (maslūq)
• Azerbaijani: qaynadılmış
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煮沸 (zh) (zhǔfèi), 煮 (zh) (zhǔ)

• Cornish: bryjys
• Finnish: keitetty (fi)
• French: bouilli (fr)
• Galician: cocido (gl), fervido
• German: gekocht (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑψητός (hepsētós), ἑφθός (hephthós)

• Hebrew: מְבֻשָּׁל (mevushál)
• Italian: bollito (it)
• Japanese: 茹でた (ja) (ゆでた, yudeta)
• Latin: ēlixus
• Manx: broieit
• Mongolian: чанасан (mn) (čanasan)
• Russian: варёный (ru) (varjónyj), отварно́й (ru) (otvarnój)
• Scottish Gaelic: bruich
• Southern Altai: кайнаткан (kaynatkan)
• Swedish: kokt (sv)
• Turkmen: gaýnadylan
• Welsh: wedi'i ferwi, berwedig

brought to boiling

• Arabic: مَغْلِيّ (maḡliyy)
• Azerbaijani: qaynadılmış
• Finnish: keitetty (fi), kiehautettu
• Russian: кипячёный (ru) (kipjačónyj)

angry — see angry

drunk — see drunk

Anagrams

• bolide, odible, oldbie