"come to a boil" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes to a boil [present, singular, third-person], coming to a boil [participle, present], came to a boil [past], come to a boil [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to a boil}} come to a boil (third-person singular simple present comes to a boil, present participle coming to a boil, simple past came to a boil, past participle come to a boil)
  1. To begin to boil.
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_boil-en-verb-d6FaxiC2
  2. (figurative) To reach a critical point; come to a head. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: come to the boil
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_boil-en-verb-KAZRYj3W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

Inflected forms

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