Found 2 items, similar to Simmer.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: simmer
simmer
n : temperature just below the boiling point;
“the stew remained
at a simmer for hours”
v : boil slowly at low temperature;
“simmer the sauce”;
“simmering water”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Simmer
Simmer
\Sim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Simmered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Simmering.] [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic
word.]
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
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I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth
to boil. --Palsgrave.
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Simmer
\Sim"mer\, v. t.
To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or
just to the boiling point.
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