boil up

noun

A traditionally Māori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.

“Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?”

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Meanings

nounboil up (plural boil ups)

plural boil ups

  1. New ZealandcookingA traditionally Māori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.
verbboil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)

present singular third person boils up · participle present boiling up · participle past boiled up · past boiled up

  1. transitiveTo cook or prepare by boiling.

    Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?

  2. idiomaticintransitiveTo become more excited, intense or exciting.
  3. USdatedslangtransitiveTo boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
broil up

Translations

Bulgarian възвирам
  • възвирам (văzviram)to cook or prepare by boiling
French bouillir, s'énerver
  • bouillirto cook or prepare by boiling
  • s'énerverto become more excited, intense or exciting
Māori kōhua kai
  • kōhua kaiA traditional soup/stew
Russian вари́ть, свари́ть
  • вари́ть (varítʹ)to cook or prepare by boiling
  • свари́ть (svarítʹ)to cook or prepare by boiling
  • кипяти́ть (kipjatítʹ)to cook or prepare by boiling
  • вскипяти́ть (vskipjatítʹ)to cook or prepare by boiling
  • кипе́ть (kipétʹ)to become more excited, intense or exciting
  • вскипе́ть (vskipétʹ)to become more excited, intense or exciting
Swedish koka upp
  • koka uppto cook or prepare by boiling
Cite this entry
APA

boil up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boil%20up

MLA

“boil up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boil%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boil up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boil%20up.

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