simmerverb
uk/ˈsɪm.ər/us/ˈsɪm.ɚ/[ I or T ] to cook something liquid, or something with liquid in it, at a temperature slightly below boiling:
Leave the vegetables to simmer for a few minutes.
[ I ] If a disagreement or negative emotion simmers, it grows slowly stronger over a period of time and could become more serious at any moment:
The strike has been simmering for weeks.
She's been simmering with resentment ever since the meeting.
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flambé
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- microwave
- precook
- preheat
- render
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
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Making progress and advancing
simmer
noun [ S ] ukus
Bring the potatoes to a simmer.
Phrasal verb(s)
simmer down