simmer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun temperature just below the boiling point
    • the stew remained at a simmer for hours
  2. verb boil slowly at low temperature
    • simmer the sauce
    • simmering water

WordNet

Sim"mer intransitive verb
Etymology
Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Simmered ; present participle & verbal noun Simmering
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

Webster 1913