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keittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
  • brew verb To make a drink such as tea, coffee, or beer by steeping or fermenting ingredients in hot water.
  • cook noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
  • seethe verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

Senses

keittää is used for these senses in English:

  • boil (ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
  • brew (transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
  • cook (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
  • seethe Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.

boil — full definition

  1. verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
  2. noun A painful, swollen, pus-filled lump on the skin caused by infection.

brew — full definition

  1. verb To make a drink such as tea, coffee, or beer by steeping or fermenting ingredients in hot water.
  2. verb To be building up or developing, often used of trouble, storms, or arguments.
  3. noun A drink made by brewing, or informally, a beer.

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