underboil

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ boil.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underboil (third-person singular simple present underboils, present participle underboiling, simple past and past participle underboiled)

1. To boil insufficiently.

   Antonym: overboil

   Hypernym: boil

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

Related terms

• reboil
• undercook

 

Anagrams

• drobuline, unbroiled