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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil;
[syn: boiling, stewing, simmering]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Simmer \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. [1913 Webster] I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. --Palsgrave. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

simmering n 1: cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil [syn: boiling, stewing, simmering]