bollire — meaning in English

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.
• stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.

Senses

bollire is used for these senses in English:

• boil (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
• boil (ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
• brew (transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
• stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

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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