simmer as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
simmer
noun
1 simmer
Temperature just below the boiling point.
verb
1 simmer
Boil slowly at low temperature.
Roget 824:
excite,
affect,
touch,
move,
impress,
strike,
interest,
animate,
inspire,
impassion,
smite,
infect;
stir the blood,
fire the blood,
warm the blood;
set astir;
wake,
awake,
awaken;
call forth;
evoke,
provoke;
raise up,
summon up,
call up,
wake up,
blow up,
get up,
light up;
raise;
get up the steam,
rouse,
arouse,
stir;
fire,
kindle,
enkindle,
apply the torch,
set on fire,
inflame.
stimulate;
exsuscitate†;
inspirit;
spirit up,
stir up,
work up,
pique;
infuse life into,
give new life to;
bring new blood,
introduce new blood;
quicken;
sharpen,
whet;
work upon
etc.
(incite)
615;
hurry on,
give a fillip,
put on one's mettle.
fan the fire,
fan the flame;
blow the coals,
stir the embers;
fan into a flame;
foster,
heat,
warm,
foment,
raise to a fever heat;
keep up,
keep the pot boiling;
revive,
rekindle;
rake up,
rip up.
stir the feelings,
play on the feelings,
come home to the feelings;
touch a string,
touch a chord,
touch the soul,
touch the heart;
go to one's heart,
penetrate,
pierce,
go through one,
touch to the quick;
possess the soul,
pervade the soul,
penetrate the soul,
imbrue the soul,
absorb the soul,
affect the soul,
disturb the soul.
absorb,
rivet the attention;
sink into the mind,
sink into the heart;
prey on the mind,
distract;
intoxicate;
overwhelm,
overpower;
bouleverser [Fr.],
upset,
turn one's head.
fascinate;
enrapture
etc.
(give pleasure)
829.
agitate,
perturb,
ruffle,
fluster,
shake,
disturb,
startle,
shock,
stagger;
give one a shock,
give one a turn;
strike all of a heap;
stun,
astound,
electrify,
galvanize,
petrify.
irritate,
sting;
cut to the heart,
cut to the quick;
try one's temper;
fool to the top of one's bent,
pique;
infuriate,
madden,
make one's blood boil;
lash into fury
etc.
(wrath)
900.
be excited
etc.
adj.;
flush up,
flare up;
catch the infection;
thrill
etc.
(feel)
821;
mantle;
work oneself up;
seethe,
boil,
simmer,
foam,
fume,
flame,
rage,
rave;
run mad
etc.
(passion)
825.
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Roget 384:
heat,
warm,
chafe,
stive†,
foment;
make hot
etc.
382;
sun oneself,
sunbathe.
go up in flames,
burn to the ground
(flame)
382.
fire;
set fire to,
set on fire;
kindle,
enkindle,
light,
ignite,
strike a light;
apply the match to,
apply the torch to;
rekindle,
relume†;
fan the flame,
add fuel to the flame;
poke the fire,
stir the fire,
blow the fire;
make a bonfire of.
melt,
thaw,
fuse;
liquefy
etc.
335.
burn,
inflame,
roast,
toast,
fry,
grill,
singe,
parch,
bake,
torrefy†,
scorch;
brand,
cauterize,
sear,
burn in;
corrode,
char,
calcine,
incinerate;
smelt,
scorify†;
reduce to ashes;
burn to a cinder;
commit to the flames,
consign to the flames.
boil,
digest,
stew,
cook,
seethe,
scald,
parboil,
simmer;
do to rags.
take fire,
catch fire;
blaze
etc.
(flame)
382.
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Roget 382:
be hot
etc.
adj.;
glow,
flush,
sweat,
swelter,
bask,
smoke,
reek,
stew,
simmer,
seethe,
boil,
burn,
blister,
broil,
blaze,
flame;
smolder;
parch,
fume,
pant.
heat
etc.
(make hot)
384;
recalesce†;
thaw,
give.
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Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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Dutch: aan het sudderen brengen, pruttelen
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