"boil off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: boils off [present, singular, third-person], boiling off [participle, present], boiled off [participle, past], boiled off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} boil off (third-person singular simple present boils off, present participle boiling off, simple past and past participle boiled off)
  1. (transitive) to remove by boiling Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-boil_off-en-verb-1IgdtJkI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. (intransitive) to be removed by boiling Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-boil_off-en-verb-KGXZ2qjX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: boil down, boil over

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "form": "boiled off",
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        "(transitive) to remove by boiling"
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        "(intransitive) to be removed by boiling"
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        "(transitive) to remove by boiling"
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