Simmer

Quick meaning: Simmer is a verb meaning (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

Meaning

(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
2. (intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
3. (intransitive, figurative) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.
4. The state or process of simmering.
5. (informal, video games) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.
6. (intransitive, figurative) 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.

Example Sentences

The soup simmered on the stove.

Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.

I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.

Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?

Word Forms

• simmers
• simmering
• simmered
• simber

Synonyms for simmer

Depending on context, synonyms include coddle, gestate, ferment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stewing, boiling, stew, bubble, braise, poach.

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