simmeringn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simmer v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < simmer v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier simmer n., simpering n.¹

a. The action of maintaining a liquid just below boiling point, so as to be bubbling gently; the state or fact of being at this temperature; the action of cooking food by doing this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > boiling > simmering

simmering1689

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound

murmuringc1385

murmur?a1425

murmell1535

babblea1592

muttering1613

huma1616

mussitation1649

simmering1689

croon1725

babbling1736

brool1837

brooling1837

brum1842

babblement1860

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > action or fact of simmering

simperinga1500

simmering1689

simmer1758

1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxiii. 199 In many Children and others, there is proceding only a small simmering of the Blood, which may properly enough be termed a Fermentation, an Ebullition being a more violent and impetuous motion.

1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park ii. iii. 19 What boils too fierce ne're strengthens, but decays; The simmering, tho' slow, is still the stronger.

1700 E. Whitaker Direct. brewing Malt Liquors 15 Experience shews it wasts less, and Ferments better, after so long Boyling than Simmering.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wine Any considerable heat, or even a degree of simmering, or tepidity.

1823 W. Scott Peveril III. xii. 298 The simmering of a small pot, which he had placed on the flame.

1898 Rolfe (Iowa) Reveille 6 Jan. Each pound of figs must be added, and the gentle simmering continued until you have a soft, well-blended, thick preserve.

1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana ii. 61 There is comfort in the simmering of the samovar.

1975 L. Perl Slumps, Grunts, & Snickerdoodles xi. 91 The flavorsome broth from the simmering of ham and greens.

2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) iv. 180 Unlike the oven in which the burner is enclosed, the hob or hotplate is an exposed flame used for boiling and simmering.

b. In extended use, esp. with reference to sounds resembling that of the bubbling of simmering liquid.

ΚΠ

1840 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 7 Nov. 304/2 How expressively does a simmering of the violins denote infirmity of purpose or prevailing terror.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 19 A simmering buzzed in my heavy brain.

1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 218 These are netted through with the traffic and simmering of bees and of wasps and hornets and snakedoctors.

1999 T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld vi. 52 Over billions of years, the remnants of the Big Bang's radiation smeared out into the ‘cosmic background’, a kind of low-level simmering of radiant energy across the sky.

2. The suppressed or subdued expression or manifestation of a feeling (esp. anger, resentment, or discontent), or of a tendency, quarrel, etc.; the fact of being in a state of suppressed anger or excitement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence

nighness1548

towardness1549

propinquity1611

approacha1616

coming1626

looming1627

impendencya1632

fall1647

imminence1655

impendence1657

instancy1658

imminency1665

soonness1668

incumbence1677

simmering1844

proximity1876

1844 Morning Chron. 31 May 5/4 It is thus that passion and prejudice are kept constantly in a state of simmering, ready to break forth into violent ebullition.

1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer II. 56 The fact illustrates the vague simmering of an interest in German speculation.

1921 Times 18 June 10/3 The unrest on the back benches, the simmering of discontent which threatens to boil over on this or that provocation.

1992 Beaver Aug. 6/1 With some individuals, though, the simmerings of rebellion never quite extinguished.

2011 K. Peiss Zoot Suit iii. 101 The wartime simmering of racial conflict..did not, at this point, seem explicitly connected to a style of clothing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

simmeringadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simmer v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < simmer v.¹ + -ing suffix².

A. adj.

1. Of liquid: that simmers. Also applied to a vessel containing such liquid, food being cooked in it, etc. Of heat: such as to cause liquid to simmer. Cf. simmer v.¹ 1a.Quot. 1673 may possibly illustrate adverbial use: cf. quot. 1689 for simmeringly adv. at Derivatives, and also sense B.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective] > murmuring sound

murmuring1530

babbling1578

murmurous1582

mutterous1582

hummering1637

simmering1673

remurmuring1740

muttering1842

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > boiling or boiled > simmering

simmering1673

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] > simmering

simpering1635

simmering1673

1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 148 Boil it in fair Water and Salt; when the liquor boils, put it to it, and boil it leisurely and simmering.

1698 W. Salmon Ars Chirurgica ii. xxxvii. 430/1 Make an Infusion over a simmering heat, for two hours close covered.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 26 Nymphs! you erewhile on simmering cauldrons play'd.

1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times I. 66 The simmering potatoes, just bursting their drab surtouts, exposed the delicate whiteness of their mealy bosoms.

1883 Decorator & Furnisher July 125/3 The crane swings above holding its simmering kettle, ready for social or other emergencies.

1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 111 A certain sea-cave..steaming with simmering oyster stew.

2015 Asda Mag. July 53/2 Whisk the paste into the simmering liquid, 1tsp at a time.

2. Of a sound: resembling or suggestive of the bubbling of simmering liquid. Also: that makes such a sound; gently murmuring.

ΚΠ

1746 Journey to Llandrindod Wells 69 The Colour of the Water is greyish, and [it] boils up in all Parts of the Well..with a simmering Noise.

1842 Odd Fellow 18 June Is there not in't..Lisping children and a purring cat, A simmering streamlet and a haunted glen?

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. vii. 255 The woods resounding with the simmering hum of insects.

1903 Science 13 Feb. 247/2 Both sexes of this brightly colored insect make a distinct simmering or bubbling sound when disturbed.

1972 E. Parker & Oledoska Secret of No Face iv. 57 Without a splash..through the simmering brook below the knoll he slipped.

2015 I. C. Myer Last Song before Night 163 Even from their height on the hilltop, Darien and Hassen could hear the simmering hiss of the flames.

3. Esp. of a feeling (esp. anger, resentment, or discontent), or a tendency, quarrel, etc.: on the verge of breaking out or manifesting itself; in a state of subdued or suppressed activity; seething.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > imminent, near, or at hand

towardc890

comingOE

at handc1175

hendc1175

short?a1400

likec1425

near present?c1450

hangingc1503

instant?1520

neara1522

approachinga1525

imminent1528

provenient1554

threatened1567

near-threateninga1586

eminent1587

impendenta1592

sudden1597

ensuing1603

dependenta1616

pending1642

incumbent1646

early1655

fast-approaching1671

impendinga1686

incoming1753

pendent1805

proximatea1831

simmering1843

pending1850

invenient1854

looming1855

forthcoming1859

near-term1929

upcoming1959

the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > burning or inflamed (of passions) > inwardly or latently

smouldering1817

simmering1843

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vii. 101 Such is the buzz and frothy simmering ferment of the general mind.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xlv. 36 The simmering dislike of the other medical men.

1900 L. Creswicke S. Afr. & Transvaal War I. 3 Though the owners of slaves were compensated..they continued to maintain a simmering resentment.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 1/3 The partition of Bengal supplied the simmering discontent of Babudom with a definite grievance.

1963 S. E. Toulmin Night Sky at Rhodes ii. 31 There was a sort of simmering gaiety, free of drunkenness and rowdiness.

2010 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 24 Sept. 2/6 A day-long simmering argument between Ms Marshall and her partner had degenerated into physical violence.

B. adv.

Modifying adjectives denoting heat, in the sense ‘(hot) enough to cause liquid to simmer’; = simmeringly adv. at Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adverb] > in a simmering manner

simperinglya1665

simmeringly1689

simmering1826

1826 Vermont Chron. 14 July 56/1 My dairy people have been in the practice of always placing the pans containing the milk, in water simmering hot.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxvi. 561 Our horses suffered from both heat and thirst, and the water in our canteens was soon simmering warm.

1941 I. S. Cobb Exit Laughing xvi. 207 I could fairly smell trouble cooking on that simmering-hot August afternoon.

2007 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. f3/1 Everyone can thaw out in Ouray's simmering hot springs.

Derivatives

ˈsimmeringly adv. [compare earlier simperingly adv.²]

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adverb] > in a simmering manner

simperinglya1665

simmeringly1689

simmering1826

1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxix. 276 Let the Liquour boil very leisurely, and simmeringly only.

1904 H. Pitkin Angel by Brevet vii. 268 The negroes rose and moved about simmeringly, fomenting, uttering harsh intonations now and then.

2012 J. Fisher in B. Prager Compan. Werner Herzog ix. 214 David Bannion, played by a simmeringly angry yet coldly detached Glenn Ford, investigates the car-bomb murder of his wife.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	simmering
释义	simmeringn. Brit. /ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simmer v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < simmer v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier simmer n., simpering n.¹ 1. a. The action of maintaining a liquid just below boiling point, so as to be bubbling gently; the state or fact of being at this temperature; the action of cooking food by doing this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > boiling > simmering simmering1689 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound murmuringc1385 murmur?a1425 murmell1535 babblea1592 muttering1613 huma1616 mussitation1649 simmering1689 croon1725 babbling1736 brool1837 brooling1837 brum1842 babblement1860 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > action or fact of simmering simperinga1500 simmering1689 simmer1758 1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxiii. 199 In many Children and others, there is proceding only a small simmering of the Blood, which may properly enough be termed a Fermentation, an Ebullition being a more violent and impetuous motion. 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park ii. iii. 19 What boils too fierce ne're strengthens, but decays; The simmering, tho' slow, is still the stronger. 1700 E. Whitaker Direct. brewing Malt Liquors 15 Experience shews it wasts less, and Ferments better, after so long Boyling than Simmering. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wine Any considerable heat, or even a degree of simmering, or tepidity. 1823 W. Scott Peveril III. xii. 298 The simmering of a small pot, which he had placed on the flame. 1898 Rolfe (Iowa) Reveille 6 Jan. Each pound of figs must be added, and the gentle simmering continued until you have a soft, well-blended, thick preserve. 1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana ii. 61 There is comfort in the simmering of the samovar. 1975 L. Perl Slumps, Grunts, & Snickerdoodles xi. 91 The flavorsome broth from the simmering of ham and greens. 2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) iv. 180 Unlike the oven in which the burner is enclosed, the hob or hotplate is an exposed flame used for boiling and simmering. b. In extended use, esp. with reference to sounds resembling that of the bubbling of simmering liquid. ΚΠ 1840 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 7 Nov. 304/2 How expressively does a simmering of the violins denote infirmity of purpose or prevailing terror. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 19 A simmering buzzed in my heavy brain. 1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 218 These are netted through with the traffic and simmering of bees and of wasps and hornets and snakedoctors. 1999 T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld vi. 52 Over billions of years, the remnants of the Big Bang's radiation smeared out into the ‘cosmic background’, a kind of low-level simmering of radiant energy across the sky. 2. The suppressed or subdued expression or manifestation of a feeling (esp. anger, resentment, or discontent), or of a tendency, quarrel, etc.; the fact of being in a state of suppressed anger or excitement. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence nighness1548 towardness1549 propinquity1611 approacha1616 coming1626 looming1627 impendencya1632 fall1647 imminence1655 impendence1657 instancy1658 imminency1665 soonness1668 incumbence1677 simmering1844 proximity1876 1844 Morning Chron. 31 May 5/4 It is thus that passion and prejudice are kept constantly in a state of simmering, ready to break forth into violent ebullition. 1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer II. 56 The fact illustrates the vague simmering of an interest in German speculation. 1921 Times 18 June 10/3 The unrest on the back benches, the simmering of discontent which threatens to boil over on this or that provocation. 1992 Beaver Aug. 6/1 With some individuals, though, the simmerings of rebellion never quite extinguished. 2011 K. Peiss Zoot Suit iii. 101 The wartime simmering of racial conflict..did not, at this point, seem explicitly connected to a style of clothing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). simmeringadj.adv. Brit. /ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪm(ə)rɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simmer v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < simmer v.¹ + -ing suffix². A. adj. 1. Of liquid: that simmers. Also applied to a vessel containing such liquid, food being cooked in it, etc. Of heat: such as to cause liquid to simmer. Cf. simmer v.¹ 1a.Quot. 1673 may possibly illustrate adverbial use: cf. quot. 1689 for simmeringly adv. at Derivatives, and also sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective] > murmuring sound murmuring1530 babbling1578 murmurous1582 mutterous1582 hummering1637 simmering1673 remurmuring1740 muttering1842 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > boiling or boiled > simmering simmering1673 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] > simmering simpering1635 simmering1673 1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 148 Boil it in fair Water and Salt; when the liquor boils, put it to it, and boil it leisurely and simmering. 1698 W. Salmon Ars Chirurgica ii. xxxvii. 430/1 Make an Infusion over a simmering heat, for two hours close covered. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 26 Nymphs! you erewhile on simmering cauldrons play'd. 1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times I. 66 The simmering potatoes, just bursting their drab surtouts, exposed the delicate whiteness of their mealy bosoms. 1883 Decorator & Furnisher July 125/3 The crane swings above holding its simmering kettle, ready for social or other emergencies. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 111 A certain sea-cave..steaming with simmering oyster stew. 2015 Asda Mag. July 53/2 Whisk the paste into the simmering liquid, 1tsp at a time. 2. Of a sound: resembling or suggestive of the bubbling of simmering liquid. Also: that makes such a sound; gently murmuring. ΚΠ 1746 Journey to Llandrindod Wells 69 The Colour of the Water is greyish, and [it] boils up in all Parts of the Well..with a simmering Noise. 1842 Odd Fellow 18 June Is there not in't..Lisping children and a purring cat, A simmering streamlet and a haunted glen? 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. vii. 255 The woods resounding with the simmering hum of insects. 1903 Science 13 Feb. 247/2 Both sexes of this brightly colored insect make a distinct simmering or bubbling sound when disturbed. 1972 E. Parker & Oledoska Secret of No Face iv. 57 Without a splash..through the simmering brook below the knoll he slipped. 2015 I. C. Myer Last Song before Night 163 Even from their height on the hilltop, Darien and Hassen could hear the simmering hiss of the flames. 3. Esp. of a feeling (esp. anger, resentment, or discontent), or a tendency, quarrel, etc.: on the verge of breaking out or manifesting itself; in a state of subdued or suppressed activity; seething. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > imminent, near, or at hand towardc890 comingOE at handc1175 hendc1175 hendc1175 short?a1400 likec1425 near present?c1450 hangingc1503 instant?1520 neara1522 approachinga1525 imminent1528 provenient1554 threatened1567 near-threateninga1586 eminent1587 impendenta1592 sudden1597 ensuing1603 dependenta1616 pending1642 incumbent1646 early1655 fast-approaching1671 impendinga1686 incoming1753 pendent1805 proximatea1831 simmering1843 pending1850 invenient1854 looming1855 forthcoming1859 near-term1929 upcoming1959 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > burning or inflamed (of passions) > inwardly or latently smouldering1817 simmering1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vii. 101 Such is the buzz and frothy simmering ferment of the general mind. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xlv. 36 The simmering dislike of the other medical men. 1900 L. Creswicke S. Afr. & Transvaal War I. 3 Though the owners of slaves were compensated..they continued to maintain a simmering resentment. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 1/3 The partition of Bengal supplied the simmering discontent of Babudom with a definite grievance. 1963 S. E. Toulmin Night Sky at Rhodes ii. 31 There was a sort of simmering gaiety, free of drunkenness and rowdiness. 2010 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 24 Sept. 2/6 A day-long simmering argument between Ms Marshall and her partner had degenerated into physical violence. B. adv. Modifying adjectives denoting heat, in the sense ‘(hot) enough to cause liquid to simmer’; = simmeringly adv. at Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adverb] > in a simmering manner simperinglya1665 simmeringly1689 simmering1826 1826 Vermont Chron. 14 July 56/1 My dairy people have been in the practice of always placing the pans containing the milk, in water simmering hot. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxvi. 561 Our horses suffered from both heat and thirst, and the water in our canteens was soon simmering warm. 1941 I. S. Cobb Exit Laughing xvi. 207 I could fairly smell trouble cooking on that simmering-hot August afternoon. 2007 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. f3/1 Everyone can thaw out in Ouray's simmering hot springs. Derivatives ˈsimmeringly adv. [compare earlier simperingly adv.²] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adverb] > in a simmering manner simperinglya1665 simmeringly1689 simmering1826 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxix. 276 Let the Liquour boil very leisurely, and simmeringly only. 1904 H. Pitkin Angel by Brevet vii. 268 The negroes rose and moved about simmeringly, fomenting, uttering harsh intonations now and then. 2012 J. Fisher in B. Prager Compan. Werner Herzog ix. 214 David Bannion, played by a simmeringly angry yet coldly detached Glenn Ford, investigates the car-bomb murder of his wife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1689adj.adv.1673
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