boiling

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ adjective B2

That boils or boil. · boiling kettle boiling oil
Of a thing: extremely hot or active. (informal) · The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.
Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot. (informal) · I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?
Of the weather: very hot. (informal) · It’s boiling out today!

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In serving the rabbit she spilled a great lot of it, boiling hot, over my hand and wrist.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 6 · C1

A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 58 · B2

I went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commissionnaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit-lamp.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 64 · B2

“‘I was boiling the kettle when I fell asleep, sir.’ He looked at me and then up at the still quivering bell with an ever-growing astonishment upon his face.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 64 · B2

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