overboil

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ boil.

Verb

overboil (third-person singular simple present overboils, present participle overboiling, simple past and past participle overboiled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
    Antonym: underboil
    Hypernym: boil
    If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.

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