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# simmering

verb (simmer, simmers, simmered, simmering — -ing form); adjective (simmering)

«simmering» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cooking gently in liquid that is just below boiling, with small bubbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#m1)
2. (of feelings) Growing slowly inside someone without fully showing yet, like anger or excitement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#m2)
3. (of a problem or argument) Continuing quietly and likely to grow worse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#m3)
4. «Simmering down» — becoming calmer after being angry or excited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking and science, simmering is gentle heating below 100 °C at sea level, used for soups and sauces; safety lessons remind pupils to keep pan handles turned in. In stories simmering anger shows a character close to exploding. In news, «simmering tensions» describes a dispute that has not yet become a fight.

### Examples

- The soup is simmering on the stove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x1)
- Let the sauce keep simmering for ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x2)
- She was simmering with anger but said nothing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x3)
- There were simmering tensions between the two teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x4)
- "Simmer down!" said the teacher when we got too loud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x5)
- Leave the pan simmering, not boiling hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x6)
- The simmering argument finally boiled over at lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb; doubled «m» already in «simmer». Simmering is gentler than boiling: small, slow bubbles. «Boil over» (literally and figuratively) is what happens after things simmer too long.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «simmering» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«simmering» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/simmering.html) on Mova free.