Associations to the word «Simmering»

Wiktionary

SIMMER, noun. The state or process of simmering.
SIMMER, verb. (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
SIMMER, verb. (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
SIMMER, verb. (intransitive) To remain angry with someone/something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, instead of and esp. after failed attempts to resolve a situation.
SIMMER, noun. A fan of the Sims series by Maxis.
SIMMER DOWN, verb. (intransitive) (idiomatic) To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.

Dictionary definition

SIMMER, noun. Temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours".
SIMMER, verb. Boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats