[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To boil for too long so as to overcook.

- To boil over; to boil so as to overflow the pot, etc.

- Of a liquid: to boil over so as to overflow (a vessel, etc.).


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Cogan (c1545–1607), physician. From over- + boil