(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. / (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water. / (intransitive, of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. / A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. / (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.

(Of a heated liquid) simmering strongly and about to boil. / (colloquial) About to happen; imminent. / (Of a heated liquid) boiling.

(Britain) A hard sweet, made by boiling sugar, which gradually dissolves when sucked.

Alternative spelling of soft-boiled

(of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency. / (of a person, especially a detective) Callous and unsentimental.

simple past tense and past participle of hard-boil

An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It can be hard-boiled or soft-boiled.

(of a boiled egg) cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny / softhearted or sentimental

plural of boiled egg