simmer.
To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
Meaning & usage
To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
The soup simmered on the stove.
To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.
To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation.
I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.
To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.
Where this word comes from
From alteration of dialectal simper, from Middle English simperen (“to simmer”), of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb. First attested in the late 15ᵗʰ century.
The state or process of simmering.
The kettle was kept on the simmer.
Where this word comes from
From alteration of dialectal simper, from Middle English simperen (“to simmer”), of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb. First attested in the late 15ᵗʰ century.
Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.
Where this word comes from
From sim (“simulation”, noun) + -er.
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