aboil
In bubbling state
Aboil means boiling or at a boil.
Water is aboil when it reaches that state; a pot is aboil when its contents are.
The word extends to any agitated or turbulent condition: The city was aboil with rumors.
Literary and somewhat old-fashioned.
Cooking below boiling point
- steamingReleasing hot vapor
- bubblingForming gas spheres
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
stewing · braising · blanching · percolating · brewing · steeping · roiling · churning
simmering
Cooking below boiling point
poaching · stewing · braising · blanching · percolating · brewing · steeping · roiling · churning · frothing
seething
Intensely, quietly enraged
- churningAgitated circular motion
- roilingChurning with turbulence
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
stirred · restless · worked-up · flustered · overwrought · frenzied · ferment · turmoil · commotion · uproar
buzzing
Low vibrating hum
aflutter · abuzz · fervent · eager · energized · thrilling · anticipation · fever · frenzy · alive