Meanings
verbunboil (third-person singular simple present unboils, present participle unboiling, simple past and past participle unboiled)
present singular third person unboils · participle present unboiling · participle past unboiled · past unboiled
- transitiveTo reverse the process of boiling.
These proteins help a partially heat-denatured protein to regain its native secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures. Some denaturation, however, is irreversible. We cannot unboil a hard-boiled egg, for example.
2012, Frederick Bettelheim, William Brown, Mary Campbell, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, page 359
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French décuire
- décuireto reverse the process of boiling
Spanish descocer
- descocerto reverse the process of boiling
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unboil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unboil
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“unboil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unboil. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unboil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unboil.
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