Usually means: Gently cook liquid just below boiling.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word simmer:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. simmer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. simmer: Merriam-Webster
  3. simmer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. simmer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. simmer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. simmer: Vocabulary.com
  7. Simmer, simmer: Wordnik
  8. simmer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Simmer, simmer: Wiktionary
  10. simmer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. simmer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. simmer: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. simmer: Dictionary.com
  14. simmer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. simmer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Simmer (song), Simmer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Simmer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. simmer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. simmer: Rhymezone
  20. simmer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. simmer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. simmer: FreeDictionary.org
  23. simmer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. simmer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. simmer: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. simmer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SIMMER: Acronym Finder
  2. simmer: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. simmer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. simmer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See simmered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.
noun:  The state or process of simmering.
noun:  (informal, video games) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.
noun:  (slang, video games) A fan of the video game series The Sims.
noun:  A surname from German.

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