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
Simmer (plural Simmers)
(slang, video games) A fan of the video game series The Sims.
Hypernym: simmer
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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 17th 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.
simmer
The state or process of simmering. [from early 19th c.]
simmer (plural simmers)
(informal) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.
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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
11 June 2025
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
