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Definition of Simmer
1. Noun. Temperature just below the boiling point. "The stew remained at a simmer for hours"
2. Verb. Boil slowly at low temperature. "The chefs simmer the vegetables"; "Simmering water"
Generic synonyms: Boil
Derivative terms: Simmering
Definition of Simmer
1. v. i. To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
2. v. t. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Definition of Simmer
1. Noun. The state or process of simmering. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Simmer
1. to cook below or just at the boiling point [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Simmer
1. To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. "I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil." (Palsgrave) Origin: Prov. E. Also simper; an onomatopoetic word. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Simmer
Literary usage of Simmer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"simmer [summer]. For that, or simmer. A Guid New-year 113. Ac bonie simmer morn
I stray'd . . As on the banks t simmer's a pleasant time, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"you ;" and Mrs. simmer, folding her hands, looked with almost maternal tenderness
upon St. Giles, who, acknowledging the welcome with a knowing nod of the ..."
3. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2001)
"... Germany Abstract Recent developments extending the capabilities of the simmer-III
code for dealing with transients and accidents in an ADS are presented ..."
4. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1906)
"The Plant at the simmer and Jack Mine.—The old cyanide plant of the "simmer and
Jack," ... The simmer and Jack plant in 1898, however^ consisted of thirty ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"To simmer, Simper. Imitative of the gentle hissing or murmuring of liquids beginning
... Fl. Du. sissen, to hiss, to fizz as water on hot iron; to simmer. ..."
6. The Life of Andrew Melville: Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical by Thomas M'Crie (1819)
"... did draw fain yan to find ye fruct of simmer thrift quhen clad ... ye sing Yr
at my window one ye simmer day ; and nov sen winter bidder dois ye bring I ..."
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