| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | coddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil lightly, usually eggs |
Synonyms: |
brew, cook, poach, simmer, steam |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
Synonyms: |
boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | emerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come out, arise |
Synonyms: |
appear, arrive, become apparent, become known, become visible, come forth, come into view, come on the scene, come to light, come up, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, egress, emanate, flow, gush, issue, loom, make appearance, materialize, originate, proceed, rise, show, spring, spring up, spurt, steam, stem, surface, transpire, turn up |
Antonyms: |
disappear, fade, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | exhale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe out |
Synonyms: |
breathe, discharge, eject, emanate, emit, evaporate, expel, give off, issue, let out, respire, steam, vaporize |
Antonyms: |
breathe in, inhale |
| Main Entry: | furious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely angry, very mad |
Synonyms: |
bent out of shape, bent*, beside oneself, boiling, browned off, bummed out, corybantic, crazed, demented, desperate, enraged, fierce, fit to be tied, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuming, hacked, hopping mad, incensed, infuriated, insane, irrational, livid, maddened, maniac, on the warpath, rabid, raging, smoking, steamed, unreasonable, up in arms, vehement, vicious, violent, wrathful |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become hot |
Synonyms: |
bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, enflame, enkindle, fire, flame, flush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on fire, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up |
Antonyms: |
cool, freeze |
| Main Entry: | irate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
Synonyms: |
angered, annoyed, blown a gasket, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, piqued, provoked, riled, steamed, ticked off, up in arms, worked up, wrathful, wroth |
| Notes: | irate means 'angry' while irascible means 'disposed toward or easily provoked to anger' (both are from Latin ira 'anger') |
Antonyms: |
calm, cheerful, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make smooth |
Synonyms: |
allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, even, flatten, flush, iron, level, plane, press, quiet, relieve, steam, still, suppress |
Antonyms: |
rough |