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English
Pronunciation
Noun
boil up (plural boil ups)
- (cooking, New Zealand) A traditionally Maori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.
Translations
Verb
boil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)
- (transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.
Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.
- (transitive, dated, US, slang) To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.
Translations
to cook or prepare by boiling
to become more excited, intense or exciting
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