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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To churn and foam as if boiling.
  2. v. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment: The nation seethed with suppressed revolutionary activity.
  3. v. To be violently excited or agitated: I seethed with anger over the insult. See Synonyms at boil1.
  4. v. Archaic To come to a boil.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To boil; decoct, or prepare for food by boiling: as, to seethe flesh.
  2. To soak.
  3. To boil; be in a state of ebullition, literally or figuratively.
  4. To boil: prepare food by boiling.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To boil.
  2. v. intransitive, of a liquid To boil vigorously.
  3. v. intransitive, of a liquid To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
  4. v. intransitive, of a person, figuratively To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
  5. v. intransitive, of a place, figuratively To buzz with activity.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil.
  2. v. To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. be in an agitated emotional state
  2. v. be noisy with activity
  3. v. boil vigorously
  4. v. foam as if boiling

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English sethen, from Old English sēoþan ("to seethe, boil, cook in a liquid; subject to a fiery ordeal, try as with fire; subject to great pain, afflict, afflict grievously, disturb; prepare food for the mind; subject the mind with occupations; be troubled in mind, brood"), from Proto-Germanic *seuþanan (“to seethe, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂seut-, *h₂sut-, *h₂sew- (“to move about, roil, seethe”). Akin to Scots seth, seith ("to seethe"), Dutch zieden ("to seethe, boil"), Low German seden ("to seethe"), German sieden ("to seethe, boil"), Danish syde ("to seethe, boil"), Swedish sjuda ("to seethe, boil"), Icelandic sjóða ("to seethe, boil"). Related also to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, "burnt offering, sacrifice"). Other cognates include Albanian zjej ("boil, seethe"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English sethen, to boil, from Old English sēothan. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. boil
  1. hard
  1. boi

hypernyms (10)

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  1. moil
  2. churn
  1. roil
  2. boil
  1. form bubbles
  2. effervesce
  1. froth
  2. sparkle
  1. foam
  2. fizz

rhymes (3)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. breathe
  1. sheathe
  1. teethe

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. sizzle
  2. sethe
  3. seeth
  1. sod
  2. seethe
  3. elixate
  1. pimmy
  2. soden
  3. jug
  1. coddle
  2. brew
  3. boil
  1. ferment
  2. foam
  3. simmer
  1. stew
  2. work

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