"bring to a boil" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: brings to a boil [present, singular, third-person], bringing to a boil [participle, present], brought to a boil [participle, past], brought to a boil [past], bring to the boil [alternative], come to a boil [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> to a boil}} bring to a boil (third-person singular simple present brings to a boil, present participle bringing to a boil, simple past and past participle brought to a boil)
  1. (US) To heat something until it reaches its boiling point. Tags: US Translations (heat something until it reaches boiling point): 沸騰 /沸腾 (fèiténg) (Chinese Mandarin), aan de kook brengen (Dutch), kiehauttaa (Finnish), porter à ébullition (French), 沸騰させる (futtō saseru) (alt: ふっとうさせる) (Japanese), koke opp (Norwegian Bokmål), довести́ до кипе́ния (dovestí do kipénija) (Russian), poner a hervir (Spanish), koka upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bring_to_a_boil-en-verb-QsjN2du9 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'heat something until it reaches boiling point': 98 2
  2. (figurative) To bring (a debate, etc.) to a peak of activity or emotion. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bring_to_a_boil-en-verb-afwPTu0f
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      "sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
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