lessare — meaning in English

English meaning

• boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
• stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.

Senses

lessare is used for these senses in English:

• boil (ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
• stew (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
• 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.

stew — full definition

1. noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
2. verb To cook food slowly in liquid over low heat.
3. verb To worry or fret anxiously about something.

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