overboil en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil English overboil From over- + boil.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overboils | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overboiling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overboiled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overboiled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |