simmer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: simmer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for simmer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simmer n temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours" v boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Simmer \Sim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Simmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Simmering}.] [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Simmer \Sim"mer\, v. t. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.