Definitions for: Simmer

[n] temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours"
[v] boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"

Webster (1913) Definition: Sim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simmered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Simmering.] [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic
word.]
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.

Sim"mer, v. t.
To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or
just to the boiling point.

See Also: boil, temperature

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