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bulliō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
  • bubble noun A thin, round pocket of air or gas inside a liquid or solid, or floating freely.

Senses

bulliō is used for these senses in English:

  • boil (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  • bubble (intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

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.

bubble — full definition

  1. noun A thin, round pocket of air or gas inside a liquid or solid, or floating freely.
  2. verb To form or produce bubbles.
  3. noun An unsustainable rise in prices or popularity, particularly in markets, followed by a sharp collapse.

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