SIMMER Synonyms

• a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

• the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

• come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

• immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

• bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

• be agitated

• be in an agitated emotional state

• someone who cooks food

• English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

• prepare a hot meal

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• transform by heating

• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

• the presence of heat

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

• utility to warm a building

• make hot or hotter

• provide with heat

• arouse or excite feelings and passions

• gain heat or get hot

• hunt illegally

• cook in a simmering liquid

• water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

• travel by means of steam power

• emit steam

• rise as vapor

• get very agitated or angry

• clean by means of steaming

• cook something by letting steam pass over it

• agitation resulting from active worry

• food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

• be in a huff; be silent or sullen

• bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

• cook slowly and for a long time in liquid

• treat with excessive indulgence

• cook in nearly boiling water