boiled 1 of 2

past tense of boil
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2
as in stewed
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam boil the potatoes until they are tender before you try to mash them

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as in swirled
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the sea boiled and frothed during the storm

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boiled

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adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiled
Adjective
  • Sloan, originally from New Jersey, didn’t eat a lot of fried chicken growing up — other than the occasional KFC.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • And like with other Southern stalwarts (think sweet tea and fried chicken), where a taste undoubtedly leads to seconds, one trip to the Smokies always begets a return visit.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the wake of a cyclone, surface water temperatures plummet, and nutrient-rich deeper layers are churned upward.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But other areas that had been under the control of the Kachin resistance were also churned up for rare earth mining, residents say.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The combination of broiled eggplant, miso glaze and bubu abare (crispy rice crackers) rivals everything else on the menu.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 31 July 2025
  • One kid ate the broiled fruit and loved it; the other would have sooner perished.
    Emily Weinstein, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This thinking — amplified by extensive 24/7 hybrid media coverage and heated venture capital echo chambers — obscures a more nuanced transformation occurring at the periphery of traditional power structures.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Boreyko's lab discovered that this effect can also be achieved in ice simply by placing a thin, flat disc of ice on a heated aluminum surface.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiled. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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