bring to a boil

English

Alternative forms

• bring to the boil (UK, Australia)

Verb

bring to a boil (third-person singular simple present brings to the boil, present participle bringing to the boil, simple past and past participle brought to the boil)

1. (US, idiomatic) To heat something until it reaches its boiling point.

Translations

heat something until it reaches boiling point

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沸騰 (cmn), 沸腾 (cmn) (fèiténg)

• Finnish: kiehauttaa (fi)

• French: porter à ébullition (fr)
• Russian: довести до кипения (ru) (dovestí do kipénija) 
• Spanish: poner a hervir (es)