boiled

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔɪld/

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of boil

Adjective

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, p. 56:

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

Translations

• French: bouilli
• German: gekocht
• Italian: bollito
• Russian: варёный

Translations

• Russian: кипячёный

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