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simmer up

simmer up verb: to cook a food through simmering.

Verb

simmer up (third-person singular simple present simmers up, present participle simmering up, simple past and past participle simmered up)

  1. (informal) To cook a food through simmering.
    • First, simmer up a portion of peas.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To arise, usually of an emotion, as if from a steamy, simmering action.
    • Emotions simmered up when he saw his wife again.

Forms of simmer up

third-person singular presentsimmers up
present participlesimmering up
past participlesimmered up
pastsimmered up

Questions about simmer up

What does simmer up mean?
Simmer up means to cook a food through simmering.
What part of speech is simmer up?
Simmer up is a verb.
What is the past tense of simmer up?
The past tense of simmer up is simmered up.

Words near simmer up in the dictionary

  1. Simmentals
  2. Simmenthaler
  3. Simmenthalers
  4. simmer
  5. simmer down
  6. simmer up
  7. simmered
  8. simmered down
  9. simmered up
  10. simmerer
  11. simmerers

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