Associations to the word «Simmering»
Noun
Adjective
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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.