boil up

English

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Noun

boil up (plural boil ups)

1. (cooking, New Zealand) A traditionally Maori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.

Translations

A traditional soup/stew

• Maori: kōhua kai

Verb

boil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)

1. (transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.

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

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.
3. (transitive, dated, US, slang) To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.

Translations

to cook or prepare by boiling

• Azerbaijani: bişirmək (az), qaynatmaq (az) (of water)
• French: bouillir (fr)
• Russian: вари́ть (ru) impf (varítʹ), свари́ть (ru) pf (svarítʹ), кипяти́ть (ru) impf (kipjatítʹ), вскипяти́ть (ru) pf (vskipjatítʹ)
• Swedish: koka upp

to become more excited, intense or exciting

• Azerbaijani: əsrimək, qızışmaq, qızmaq, coşmaq (az), azğınlaşmaq
• French: s’énerver (fr)
• Russian: кипе́ть (ru) impf (kipétʹ), вскипе́ть (ru) pf (vskipétʹ)

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