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seethe

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
  3. verb Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
  4. verb Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
  5. verb Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.
  6. verb 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.
  7. verb Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest.
  8. verb To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence , 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).

Similar words

foam roll hum buzz boil stew see roil plaw steam up

Often followed by

with and in a of the at inside discussion

Word family

seethed seethes seething

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