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SEETHE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Boil vigorously

Example:

The water rolled

Synonyms:

roll; seethe

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "seethe" is one way to...):

boil; churn; moil; roil (be agitated)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water seethes

Sense 2

Meaning:

Foam as if boiling

Example:

a seething liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "seethe" is one way to...):

effervesce; fizz; foam; form bubbles; froth; sparkle (become bubbly or frothy or foaming)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water seethes

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be in an agitated emotional state

Example:

The customer was seething with anger

Synonyms:

boil; seethe

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "seethe" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seethe"):

bubble over; overflow; spill over (overflow with a certain feeling)

ferment (be in an agitated or excited state)

sizzle (seethe with deep anger or resentment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue seethe

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be noisy with activity

Example:

This office is buzzing with activity

Synonyms:

buzz; hum; seethe

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "seethe" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seethe"):

pullulate; swarm; teem (be teeming, be abuzz)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The streets seethe with crowds

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