different between simber vs simmer

English

Verb

simber (third-person singular simple present simbers, present participle simbering, simple past and past participle simbered)

1. Obsolete form of simmer.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 82:

     " […] that their vital heat and moisture may not always onely simber in one sluggish tenour, but sometimes boil up higher and seethe over […] "

Anagrams

• IBMers, bismer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?m?/
• Rhymes: -?m?(?)

Etymology 1

From alteration of dialectal simper, from Middle English simperen (“to simmer”) [late 15^th c.], of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb.

Alternative forms

• simber (obsolete)

Verb

simmer (third-person singular simple present simmers, present participle simmering, simple past and past participle simmered)

1. (intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. [from mid 17^th c.]
   • 2004, Susan Westmoreland, The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Hearst Books (?ISBN), page 89:

     That way, the heat can circulate under the meat and prevent it from simmering in its juices.

2. (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

   Synonym: coddle

   Coordinate terms: bake, sauté

   • 1981, Phyllis Hobson, Easy Game Cookery, Storey Publishing (?ISBN), page 2:

     There are other easy ways you can bake and simmer and sauté wild game without qualifying as a gourmet cook.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. [from 1760s]
   • 2006, Earl Ganz, The Taos Truth Game, UNM Press (?ISBN)

     Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?

4. (intransitive, figuratively) 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.

5. (intransitive, figuratively) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.

   Synonyms: gestate, ferment

Derived terms

• asimmer
• simmer down

Translations

Noun

simmer

2. The state or process of simmering. [from early 19^th c.]

Translations

Etymology 2

From sim (“simulation”, noun) +? -er.

Noun

simmer (plural simmers)

1. (informal, video games) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Anagrams

• merism, mimers

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?m?/

Verb

simmer

1. (colloquial, regional) Contraction of sind wir.

Usage notes

This contraction is common throughout central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria. It is only occasionally heard in northern Germany.

See also

• hammer

Scots

Alternative forms

• simer, somer, sumer

Etymology

From Old English sumor, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

simmer (plural simmers)

1. summer

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sumur, sumer, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

simmer c (plural simmers, diminutive simmerke)

1. summer

Derived terms

• simmermoanne

Further reading

• “simmer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011