boil – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of boil

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to boil
Participle: boiled
Gerund: boiling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iboil
youboil
he;she;itboils
weboil
youboil
theyboil

Perfect

Ihave boiled
youhave boiled
he;she;ithas boiled
wehave boiled
youhave boiled
theyhave boiled

Past

Iboiled
youboiled
he;she;itboiled
weboiled
youboiled
theyboiled

Pluperfect

Ihad boiled
youhad boiled
he;she;ithad boiled
wehad boiled
youhad boiled
theyhad boiled

Future

Iwill boil
youwill boil
he;she;itwill boil
wewill boil
youwill boil
theywill boil

Future Perfect

Iwill have boiled
youwill have boiled
he;she;itwill have boiled
wewill have boiled
youwill have boiled
theywill have boiled

Subjunctive

Present

Iboil
youboil
he;she;itboil
weboil
youboil
theyboil

Perfect

Ihave boiled
youhave boiled
he;she;ithave boiled
wehave boiled
youhave boiled
theyhave boiled

Imperfect

Iboiled
youboiled
he;she;itboiled
weboiled
youboiled
theyboiled

Pluperfect

Ihad boiled
youhad boiled
he;she;ithad boiled
wehad boiled
youhad boiled
theyhad boiled

Conditional

Present

Iwould boil
youwould boil
he;she;itwould boil
wewould boil
youwould boil
theywould boil

Perfect

Iwould have boiled
youwould have boiled
he;she;itwould have boiled
wewould have boiled
youwould have boiled
theywould have boiled

Imperative

youboil
weLet's boil
youboil

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam boiling
youare boiling
he;she;itis boiling
weare boiling
youare boiling
theyare boiling

Perfect

Ihave been boiling
youhave been boiling
he;she;ithas been boiling
wehave been boiling
youhave been boiling
theyhave been boiling

Past

Iwas boiling
youwere boiling
he;she;itwas boiling
wewere boiling
youwere boiling
theywere boiling

Pluperfect

Ihad been boiling
youhad been boiling
he;she;ithad been boiling
wehad been boiling
youhad been boiling
theyhad been boiling

Future

Iwill be boiling
youwill be boiling
he;she;itwill be boiling
wewill be boiling
youwill be boiling
theywill be boiling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been boiling
youwill have been boiling
he;she;itwill have been boiling
wewill have been boiling
youwill have been boiling
theywill have been boiling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be boiling
youwould be boiling
he;she;itwould be boiling
wewould be boiling
youwould be boiling
theywould be boiling

Perfect

Iwould have been boiling
youwould have been boiling
he;she;itwould have been boiling
wewould have been boiling
youwould have been boiling
theywould have been boiling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'boil'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'boil'

bail, boll, bool, bowl, broil, coil, foil, moil, oil, roil,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

of a liquid
cook
cook
steam, simmer, stew, bubble, parboil, foam, froth, heat
anger
seethe, rage, fume, sputter, stew, steam

Antonyms

anger
forbearance, patience, calmness, clemency

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1225, from O.Fr. boillir, from L. bullire "to bubble, seethe," from bulla "a bubble, knob." The native word is seethe. Fig. sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1648.
"I am impatient, and my blood boyls high." [Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]
Boiler in the steam engine sense is from 1757; boilermaker "shot of whiskey with a glass of beer" is short for boilermaker's delight (1910), strong cheap whiskey, so called in jest from the notion that it would clean the scales from the interior of a boiler.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.?
5. Latin bulla
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
7. Latin -iō
8. Latin bulliō
9. Old French boillirbor.
10. Middle English boillen
11. English boil
12. From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive). More at wall, well. See: Middle English 'boillen', French 'bouillir', Latin 'bulliō'.

Verbs referencing "boil"

French bouger, Sranan bori, Ido boliar.

Sample Sentences

  • In the afternoon we shot down some rapids where the river boiled and bubbled strangely, and where the force and headlong violence of the current were tremendous. At seven o’clock we reached Dickenson 's Landing, whence travellers proceed for two or three hours [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)