Parboil

  • 101boil — I 1. verb 1) boil the potatoes Syn: bring to a boil, simmer, parboil, poach; cook 2) the soup is boiling Syn: simmer, bubble, stew 3) a huge cliff with the sea boiling below …

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  • 102burn — verb 1) the shed was burning Syn: be on fire, be alight, be ablaze, blaze, go up, go up in smoke, be in flames, be aflame; smolder, glow 2) he burned the letters Syn: set fire to, se …

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  • 103seethe — *boil, simmer, parboil, stew …

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  • 104simmer — vb *boil, seethe, parboil, stew …

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  • 105stew — vb *boil, seethe, simmer, parboil …

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  • 106boil — I v 1. seethe, simmer, stew, steam, decoct, brew; cook, heat, parboil, poach. 2. foam, churn, froth, fulminate, spume, mantle; bubble, effervesce, burble, gurgle, guggle; fizz, fizzle, sputter. 3. rage, rave, bluster, storm, rant, roar, rampage;… …

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  • 107cook — v 1. bake, roast, broil, charbroil, grill, barbecue; saut^, braise, fricassee; fry, frizzle, pan, griddle, toast; boil, simmer, steam, stew, seethe, scald; precook, parboil; curry, devil. 2. heat, torrefy, parch, fire, kiln. 3. cook up Informal.… …

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  • 108heat — n 1. hotness, calefaction, warmth, warmness, caloric, caloricity; torridity, torridness, fieriness, red heat; incandescence, white heat; tepidity, tepidness, lukewarmness, lukewarmth. 2. fever, temperature, Inf. temp, Pathol. pyrexia, febricity,… …

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  • 109seethe — v 1. steep, marinate, sodden, macerate; soak, saturate, drench, souse, imbue; immerse, submerge, douse, plunge, dip, sink, dunk, duck, Rare. im merge, swash, slosh; inundate, drown, flood. 2. stew, braise, brew; boil, simmer, parboil, steam. 3.… …

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  • 110scald — I [[t]skɔld[/t]] v. t. 1) to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam 2) to subject to the action of boiling liquid or steam 3) to heat to a temperature just short of the boiling point: to scald milk[/ex] 4) to parboil: to scald… …

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