English-Swedish translations for boil

• koka
  – Herr talman! Om ni hade varit tvungen att köras runt den här veckan av den så kallade biltjänsten, är jag säker på att ni också skulle koka av vrede.– Mr President, if you had had to be driven around this week by the so-called car service, I am sure you too would be boiling over with rage.
  Det är därför Europeiska unionen och resten av det internationella samfundet måste göra allt vi kan för att hålla uppe trycket på president Milosevic och förhindra grytan i Kosovo från att koka över.That is why the European Union and the rest of the international community must do all we can to keep the pressure on President Milosevic and keep the pot in Kosovo from boiling over.
• böld en
  Utpressningshot om att avgå antyder en svaghet som redan är ett öppet sår och som kommer att utvecklas till en varig böld.Blackmailing threats of resignation indicate a weakness which is a running sore already and will develop into a festering boil.
• varböld en
  Det är av yttersta vikt att sticka hål på denna varböld genom att prioritera frågan om banksekretess, eftersom enorma penningflöden som orsakar död och förintelse passerar genom den legala ekonomin.In attempting to lance this boil, priority must be given to the issue of banking secrecy, because enormous and lethal flows of money are passing through the legal economy.

Definition of boil

• A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection
• The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
• A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood
• To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas
• To cook in boiling water
• To begin to turn into a gas, seethe
• To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil
• To be uncomfortably hot
• To feel uncomfortably hot
• To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation
• To steep or soak in warm water
• To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce
• To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid

Examples

• Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
• Boil some water in a pan.
• Boil the eggs for two minutes.
• Is the rice boiling yet?
• Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
• It’s boiling outside!
• I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
• to boil sugar or salt
• the boiling waves of the sea
• His blood boils with anger.

Related words

• boiling
• hard-boiled
• boiler
• parboil
• boiled
• boilersuit
• boilerplate
• hardboiled
• soft-boiled