simmering

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
   • The soup simmered on the stove.
2. (transitive) 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.

   Synonyms:

   coddle

3. (figuratively, intransitive) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
   • Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?2006, Earl Ganz, The Taos Truth Game, UNM Press, →ISBN
4. (figuratively, intransitive) 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.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.
   • The idea for The Sims was one that had been simmering in Wright's mind for quite some time, and was initially conceived as an architecture simulation.2003, Mark H. Walker, Games That Sell!, Wordware Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 162

   Synonyms:

   gestate, ferment

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