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Seethe
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(seethes, seething, seethed) 1. When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not express your feelings about it. She took it calmly at first but under the surface was seething... She grinned derisively while I seethed with rage... He is seething at all the bad press he is getting. ...a seething anger fueled by decades of political oppression. VERB: V, V prep, V prep, V-ing 2. If you say that a place is seething with people or things, you are emphasizing that it is very full of them and that they are all moving about. The forest below him seethed and teemed with life... Madrigueras station was a seething mass of soldiers. VERB: V with n, V-ing, also V c darkgreen]emphasis
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I. verb (~d; seething) Etymology: Middle English sethen, from Old English seothan; akin to Old High German siodan to ~ and probably to Old Lithuanian siausti (it) storms, rages Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. archaic boil, stew 2. to soak or saturate in a liquid intransitive verb 1. archaic boil 2. a. to be in a state of rapid agitated movement b. to churn or foam as if boiling 3. to suffer violent internal excitement ~ with jealousy II. noun Date: 1816 a state of seething ; ebullition ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 intr. boil, bubble over. 2 intr. be very agitated, esp. with anger (seething with discontent; I was seething inwardly). 3 tr. & intr. archaic cook by boiling. Derivatives seethingly adv. Etymology: OE seothan f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. кипение 2. смятение, волнение 3. кипеть, бурлить the soup was seething —- суп кипел the street is seething with people —- улица кишит (бурлит) народом 4. быть охваченным (каким-л. чувством), быть переполненным (чем-л.) to seethe with madness —- быть охваченным безумием his soul is seething with anger —- в его душе кипит гнев she is always seething with new ideas —- она всегда полна новых идей thoughts seethed madly in his brain —- мысли вихрем проносились в его мозгу the discontent seethed over at last —- наконец недовольство прорвалось 5. уст. кипятить, варить ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) кипеть, бурлить; The town seethed with holiday visitors in bright clothes. 2) быть охваченным (каким-л. чувством); madness seethed in his brain - безумие охватило его; His face was red and he was seething with anger. 3) obs. кипятить, варить 4) obs. мочить, окунать (в жидкость) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v if a place is seething with people, insects etc there are a lot of them all moving quickly in different directions (seething with ants | a seething mass of people) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. seoюan "to boil" (class II strong verb; past tense seaю, pp. soden), from P.Gmc. *seuthanan. Driven out of its literal meaning by boil (v.); it survives largely in metaphoric extensions. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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