SEETHING

seething

(adjective) in constant agitation; “a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets”; “a seething mass of maggots”; “lovers and madmen have such seething brains”- Shakespeare

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

seething (not comparable)

(transitive, archaic) boiling, bubbling

angry, livid.

Noun

seething (plural seethings)

The action of the verb to seethe.

Verb

seething

present participle of seethe

Anagrams

• sheeting

Source: Wiktionary

SEETHE

Seethe, v. t. [imp. Seethed (Sod (, obs.); p. p. Seethed, Sodden (; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] Etym: [OE. sethen, AS. seó; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.]

Definition: To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 2 Kings iv. 38.

Seethe, v. i.

Definition: To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13. A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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