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Simmering
To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
📖 Definitions of "Simmering"
verb
- 1
To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
"The soup simmered on the stove."
- 2
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."
- 3
To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
- 4
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.
"I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer."
noun
- 1
The act of something that simmers.
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