simmer
See also: Simmer
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪmɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
From alteration of dialectal simper, from Middle English simperen (“to simmer”), of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb. First attested in the late 15th century.
Alternative forms edit
- simber (obsolete)
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. [from mid 17th c.]
- The soup simmered on the stove.
- 1945 January and February, “Notes and News: American Locomotives in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 46:
- The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.
- 2004, Susan Westmoreland, The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Hearst Books, →ISBN, page 89:
- That way, the heat can circulate under the meat and prevent it from simmering in its juices.
- (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
- 1981, Phyllis Hobson, Easy Game Cookery, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 2:
- There are other easy ways you can bake and simmer and sauté wild game without qualifying as a gourmet cook.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. [from 1760s]
- 2006, Earl Ganz, The Taos Truth Game, UNM Press, →ISBN:
- Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?
- (intransitive, figurative) 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.
- (intransitive, figurative) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
(intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly
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(transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly
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(intransitive) to remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge
(intransitive) to develop gradually, of an idea or plan
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Noun edit
simmer
- The state or process of simmering. [from early 19th c.]
- The kettle was kept on the simmer.
Translations edit
process of simmering
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Etymology 2 edit
From sim (“simulation”, noun) + -er.
Noun edit
simmer (plural simmers)
- (informal, video games) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
simmer
- (colloquial, regional) Contraction of sind wir.
- Wann simmer denn da? ― When are we gonna be there?
Usage notes edit
This contraction is common throughout central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria. It is only occasionally heard in northern Germany.
See also edit
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
Noun edit
simmer (plural simmers)
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian sumur, sumer, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar.
Noun edit
simmer c (plural simmers, diminutive simmerke)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
| Seasons in West Frisian · seizoenen (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| maaitiid (“spring”), foarjier (“spring”) | simmer (“summer”) | hjerst (“autumn”), neijier (“autumn”) | winter (“winter”) |
Further reading edit
- “simmer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011