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BOIL OVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling

Example:

The milk is boiling over

Synonyms:

boil over; overboil

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "boil over" is one way to...):

boil (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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