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
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
