boil up
English
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Noun
edit- (cooking, New Zealand) A traditionally Maori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.
Translations
editA traditional soup/stew
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Verb
editboil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)
- (transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.
- Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.
- (transitive, dated, US, slang) To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.
Translations
editto cook or prepare by boiling
to become more excited, intense or exciting
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