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(transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.

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boil up

Source Word

boil up

Verb

transitive idiomatic intransitive

(transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）水や液体を沸騰させて調理する、煮る / （自動詞・慣用表現）激しく沸騰する、気持ちや状況が盛り上がる

I'll boil up a pot of vegetable soup for dinner.

夕食に鍋で野菜スープを煮て作ります。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.

Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?

Sense（2）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.

boils up

（ present singular third-person ）

boiling up

（ participle present ）

boiled up

（ participle past ）

boiled up

（ past ）