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Meaning of SEETHE

Pronunciation:  seedh

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"
  2. [v]  foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"
  3. [v]  be in an agitated emotional state
  4. [v]  have violent emotions, such as anger or frustration
  5. [v]  be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"
 
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 Synonyms: boil, buzz, foam, hum, roll
 
 See Also: be, be, boil, bubble over, churn, experience, feel, ferment, moil, overflow, pullulate, roil, sizzle, spill over, swarm, teem

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
    {Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
    sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
    sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
    burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]
    To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
    seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
          Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
          of the prophets.                         --2 Kings iv.
                                                   38.
    
  2. \Seethe\, v. i.
    To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot;
    to boil. --1 Sam. ii. 13.
          A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to
          whirl, and seethe, and foam.             --G. W. Cable.
    
 
Easton Bible Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

to boil (Ex. 16:23).

 

 

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