σπυρί — meaning in English

English meaning

• boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
• grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
• pimple noun A small, inflamed, often pus-filled spot on the skin.

Senses

σπυρί is used for these senses in English:

• boil A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• grain (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
• pimple (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

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.

grain — full definition

1. noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
2. noun A single small hard particle, such as a grain of sand or salt.
3. noun The natural pattern of lines or texture in wood, stone, or other materials.
4. noun A very small unit of weight, historically based on the weight of a grain of wheat.

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