overboil
(verb) boil excessively; “The peas are overboiled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overboil (third-person singular simple present overboils, present participle overboiling, simple past and past participle overboiled)
(ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
• underboil
• boil over, boilover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*boil", v. i.
Definition: To boil over or unduly. Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
