overboil

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ boil.

Verb

overboil (third-person singular simple present overboils, present participle overboiling, simple past and past participle overboiled)

1. (ambitransitive) To boil excessively.

   Antonym: underboil

   Hypernym: boil

   If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.

Related terms

• boil over (verb)
• boilover (noun)
• overcook
• reboil

Anagrams

• boil over, boilover