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• Boil Over — Mécanisme du boil over : 1. eau ; 2. vapeur ; 3. hydrocarbure ; 4. feu. Le Boil Over ou Boilover est un phénomène qui intervient lorsque de l eau contenue dans un bac d hydrocarbure en partie basse se vaporise sous l effet de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• boil over — {v. phr.} 1. To rise due to boiling and overflow down the sides of a pan or a pot. * / Watch out! Jane cried. The milk is boiling over on the stove! / 2. To become enraged to the point of being unable to contain oneself. * /John took a lot of… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• boil over — {v. phr.} 1. To rise due to boiling and overflow down the sides of a pan or a pot. * / Watch out! Jane cried. The milk is boiling over on the stove! / 2. To become enraged to the point of being unable to contain oneself. * /John took a lot of… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Boil over — Mécanisme du boil over : 1. eau ; 2. vapeur ; 3. hydrocarbure ; 4. feu. Le boil over, ou boilover, est un phénomène explosif qui peut rencontrer dans la lutte contre les incendies d hydrocarbures en général, et des distillats… …   Wikipédia en Français

• boil over — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms boil over : present tense I/you/we/they boil over he/she/it boils over present participle boiling over past tense boiled over past participle boiled over 1) if a situation or feeling boils over, people… …   English dictionary

• boil over — 1) PHRASAL VERB When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container. [V P] Heat the liquid in a large, wide container rather than a high narrow one, or it can boil over. 2) PHRASAL VERB When someone s… …   English dictionary

• boil over phrasal — verb (I) 1 if a liquid boils over, it rises and flows over the side of the container: Keep an eye on the milk; don t let it boil over. 2 if a situation or an emotion boils over, the people involved stop being calm (+ into): The argument boiled… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• boil-over — /boyl oh veuhr/, n. Australian and New Zealand Slang. an unexpected result. [n. use of v. phrase boil over] * * * …   Universalium

• boil over — phr verb Boil over is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑anger, ↑rage …   Collocations dictionary

• boil-over — /boyl oh veuhr/, n. Australian and New Zealand Slang. an unexpected result. [n. use of v. phrase boil over] …   Useful english dictionary

• To boil over — Boil Boil (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boiled} (boild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boiling}.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. {Bull} an edict,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English