seethe
Pronunciation: /siːð/
The English word “seethe” has 10 meanings listed here.
verb
- Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
- Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.
- Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move about actively in a crowd or group.
- Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest.
- To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence (figurative), to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat.
- To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep.
- To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling.
- Of the stomach: to digest (food).
noun
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English sethen, seeth (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”) [and other forms], from Old English sēoþan (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to boil, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-, *h₂sew-, *h₂sut- (“to move about, roil, seethe”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Danish syde (“to…
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