Read full poem →Nor bides alone in hell
The bond-disdaining spirit boiling to rebel.
But for compulsion of strong grace,
Dictionary Entry
(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
In a Sentence
“Boil some water in a pan.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
water boilingpoint boiling. boilingpoints boilingtemperature boiling
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “boiling”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Through the parade runs swift the psychic cackle
Like thorns beneath a boiling pot that crackle.
And the angels say to Yahveh looking down
Read full poem →Must take a piece of brain and cut it up,
Pour boiling water on it, break the brain
To finer pieces, pour the water off,
Read full poem →Is not allayed by her heart-frozen cold,
But that I burn much more in boiling sweat,
And feel my flames augmented manifold?
Read full poem →is not delayed by her heart frozen cold,
but that I burn much more in boiling sweat,
and feel my flames augmented manifold?
Read full poem →And the warmth of fur,
And the boiling of the kettle
Were beautiful to her!
Read full poem →And the warmth of fur,
And the boiling of the kettle
Were beautiful to her!
Read full poem →Smoked and bubbled the black caldron
With the boiling tar.
Read full poem →terms applied to Macbeth, “hellkite,” “hellhound,” confirm our sense,
and one’s impression of his standing, or boiling, outside human life is
crowned by his horrifying expression,