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   seethe

   /siːð/

   verb

   • 1. (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling: "the grey ocean seethed" Similar boilbubblesimmerfoamfrothrisefermentfizzeffervesceteemswarmboilbubblefoamfermentswirlconvulsechurnwhirlsurge
   • ▪ cook (food) by boiling it in a liquid: archaic "others were cut into joints and seethed in cauldrons made of the animal's own skins"
   • 2. (of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger: "inwardly he was seething at the slight to his authority" Similar be angrybe furiousbe enragedbe incensedbe infuriatedbe beside oneselfhave lost one's temperhave/throw a fitboilsimmerbe boiling overchaferagebe in a ragerantraverant and ravestormfumesmoulderspitbreathe fireburninformal:be lividbe wildjump up and downfroth/foam at the mouthbe steamed upbe hot under the collarhave steam coming out of one's earsdo one's head/nut inthrow a wobblyspit feathers
   • 3. (of a place) be crowded with people or things moving about in a rapid or hectic way: "the entire cellar was seething with spiders"
   • ▪ (of a crowd of people) move in a rapid or hectic way: "we cascaded down the stairs and seethed across the station"

   Word Origin Old Englishsēothan ‘make or keep boiling’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden.

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