seethe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be noisy with activity
    hum; buzz.
    • This office is buzzing with activity
  2. verb be in an agitated emotional state
    boil.
    • The customer was seething with anger
  3. verb foam as if boiling
    • a seething liquid
  4. verb boil vigorously
    roll.
    • The liquid was seething
    • The water rolled

WordNet

Seethe transitive verb
Etymology
OE. sethen, AS. seóan; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sja, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.
Wordforms
imperfect Seethed (Sod obsolete ); past participle Seethed, Sodden ; present participle & verbal noun Seething
Definitions
  1. To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. Written also seeth.
    Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 2 Kings iv. 38.
Seethe intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13.
    A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable.

Webster 1913