verb
- boils too much or for too long; boils over the edge of a container
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘overboil’
Examples
- The pasta water overboils and spills onto the stove.
- She always overboils the vegetables until they’re mushy.
- The milk overboils if you don’t watch it carefully.
- When the pot overboils, it makes a mess on the burner.
- He overboils the eggs every time he tries to cook them.
- The soup overboils when the heat is turned up too high.