Seethe
[siːð] or [sið]
Definition
(verb.) boil vigorously; 'The liquid was seething'; 'The water rolled'.
(verb.) foam as if boiling; 'a seething liquid'.
(verb.) be in an agitated emotional state; 'The customer was seething with anger'.
Editor: Rebekah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.
(v. i.) To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
Edited by Jessica
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Boil.
v. n. Boil, be hot.
Checked by Charlie
Definition
v.t. to boil: to cook in hot liquid: to soak.—v.i. to be boiling: to be hot:—pa.t. seethed or sod; pa.p. seethed or sodd′en.—n. Seeth′er.
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Examples
- My seething blade wove a net of death about me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Seething mobs of men marched about, their faces lighted up as for holy war, with a smoke of cupidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Seething masses of miners met daily, carried away by a new religious impulse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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