noun Download 🔗Share A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. Examples : "After eating a fatty meal, the doctor explained that Sarah's body needed more bile to help digest the food properly. " medicine physiology anatomy biochemistry biology substance body organ Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. Examples : "His bile was evident in the harsh tone of his comments to his coworkers. " character mind attitude emotion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. Examples : "Ancient medical texts described yellow bile as one of the four humours, believed to affect a person's temperament. " physiology medicine body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A boil (kind of swelling). Examples : "The doctor examined the child's arm and diagnosed the painful swelling as a bile. " medicine disease body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. Examples : "Boil some water in a pan." physics chemistry energy process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cook in boiling water. Examples : "Boil the eggs for three minutes." food utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe. Examples : "Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius." chemistry physics substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. Examples : "The chef bile the soup until it reached a rolling boil. " food utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot. Examples : "It’s boiling outside!" weather Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. Examples : "I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?" sensation body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. Examples : "to boil sugar or salt" chemistry process substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To steep or soak in warm water. Examples : "To help the dried herbs release their aroma and medicinal properties, she had to bile them in warm water before making the tea. " process food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. Examples : "the boiling waves of the sea" physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid. Examples : "His blood boils with anger." emotion mind sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading