Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

The soup simmered on the stove.

The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.

That way, the heat can circulate under the meat and prevent it from simmering in its juices.

Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.

There are other easy ways you can bake and simmer and sauté wild game without qualifying as a gourmet cook.

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

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

The idea for The Sims was one that had been simmering in Wright's mind for quite some time, and was initially conceived as an architecture simulation.

Word Forms

• simmers
• simmering
• simmered
• simber

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When Should You Use Simmer?

Use simmer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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