simmer
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- simber (obsolete)
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪmə(r)
Noun [edit]
simmer (uncountable)
- The state or process of simmering.
- The kettle was kept on the simmer.
Translations [edit]
process of simmering
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Verb [edit]
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.
- The soup simmered on the stove.
- (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
- Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
(intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
(transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
Anagrams [edit]
Scots [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English sumor, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
Noun [edit]
simmer (plural simmers)
West Frisian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Frisian sumur, sumer, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz. Compare Dutch zomer, German Sommer, English summer, Danish sommer.
Noun [edit]
simmer c (plural simmers)
