Simmering
['sɪmɚ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simmer
Inputed by Barnard
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Boiling, piping.
Edited by Davy
Examples
- It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Temple Bar gets so hot that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street, what a heater is in an urn, and keeps them simmering all night. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This is suggested by flame, simmering liquids, the excitement of heat by motion, the extinction of fire by compression, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It's genius simmering, perhaps. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Lois