SIMMER

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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

Simmer (plural Simmers)

(slang, video games) A fan of the video game series The Sims.

Hypernym: simmer

Anagrams

• merism, mimers

Etymology 1

Verb

simmer (third-person singular simple present simmers, present participle simmering, simple past and past participle simmered)

(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. [from mid 17^th c.]

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

Synonym: coddle

(intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. [from 1760s]

(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.

Noun

simmer

The state or process of simmering. [from early 19^th c.]

Etymology 2

Noun

simmer (plural simmers)

(informal) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.

Anagrams

• merism, mimers

Source: Wiktionary

Sim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simmering.] Etym: [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word.]

Definition: To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. Palsgrave.

Sim"mer, v. t.

Definition: To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition