bake vs simmer

bake

verb
  • To dry by heat. 

  • To incorporate into something greater. 

  • To cause to be hot. 

  • To be hot. 

  • To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). 

  • To smoke marijuana. 

  • To be warmed to drying and hardening. 

  • To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance. 

  • To be cooked in an oven. 

noun
  • A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes elsewhere, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or in some places sometimes roasted). 

  • Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole. 

  • Any food item that is baked. 

  • The act of cooking food by baking. 

  • A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served. 

simmer

verb
  • To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. 

  • To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. 

  • To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. 

  • To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation. 

  • To develop gradually, of an idea or plan. 

noun
  • The state or process of simmering. 

  • Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims. 

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