seethe /siːð/verb 9noun 1forms 5 verb9 •Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.[W]hen a pot seetheth, if we lade it and moove the liquor up and down, even while it seetheth, we shall make it quiet. — 1597 •(figurative) Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.I vvill make a complementall assault vpon him for my businesse seeth's. — 1602 •(figurative) Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest."All the north is seething," said Gerard. "We must contrive to agitate the metropolis," said Maclast, a shrewd carroty-haired paper-stainer. — 1845 •(figurative) Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move about actively in a crowd or group.Shock Box was the skankiest bar in Hasted, complete with a cheesy jukebox, cheap pints, and a sweaty club in the basement that seethed every weekend with a superhorny boarding-school crowd. — 2011 •(figurative) Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.My bowels seeth wͪ in me ⁊ take no rest, for yͤ dayes of my trouble are come vpõ me. — 1535 •(no longer used) To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling.Iacob sod potage ⁊ Esau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […] — 1530 •(no longer used) To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence (figurative), to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat.Yee come t'encounter vvith a valiant Foe; / […] such as shrinke not / To haue their bloods sod vvith the dog-dayes heate, / Nor to be crudled vvith cold Saturnes Rod: […] — 1592 •(no longer used) To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep. •(no longer used) Of the stomach: to digest (food).Elixation is the seething of meat in the stomack, by the said naturall heat, as meat is boyled in a pot; […] — 1638 noun1 •(figurative) A state of boiling or frothing; ebullition, seething; hence, extreme heat; much activity. formsseethed · seething · seethes · seetheth · seethest