boil away

boil something away

1. Lit. to boil a liquid until it is gone altogether. She left the kettle on and boiled the water away. Boil away some of that water.

2. Lit. to remove a volatile chemical from a solution by boiling. Boil the alcohol away or the sauce will be ruined. You should boil away some of the liquid.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Suzanna	soo-ZAN-ə	English
Aatu	AH:-too	Finnish
Gordana	GOR-dah-nah (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Wenda	WEN-də	English (Rare)
Jan (1)	YAHN (Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, German)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German, Catalan
Valentyn	-	Ukrainian