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Simmer
Definitions
- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 The state or process of simmering.
"The kettle was kept on the simmer."
- 2 Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims. informal
- 3 A fan of the video game series The Sims. slang
- 4 temperature just below the boiling point wordnet
- 1 To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. intransitive
"The soup simmered on the stove."
- 2 boil slowly at low temperature wordnet
- 3 To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. transitive
"Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve."
- 4 To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. figuratively, intransitive
"Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?"
- 5 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. figuratively, intransitive
"I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer."
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- 6 To develop gradually, of an idea or plan. figuratively, intransitive
"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."
Etymology
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.
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.
From sim (“simulation”, noun) + -er.
From Sim + -er.
Borrowed from German Simmer or a variant of Summer.
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