to seethe
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7.2
- verb
- /siːð/
:
bullir
- During the protest, the streets were seething with people demanding change and justice.
And totally empty space is seething with virtual particles.
- And totally empty space is seething with virtual particles.
- Everything was a particle soup of seething back and forth between energy and matter.
- And then we end with the low energy quantum vacuum state and the seething nothingness it instantiates.
- But it was like a, a bluish black seething dynamic energy that was at the same time a void.
Examples
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Meanwhile, in the Northern Hemisphere in the seething metropolis called Manhattan, lurks a brilliant fiend.
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The sky was cloudless, blue as periwinkle; the air, warm and summery, seethed with insects, mayflies, and yellow-winged butterflies.
Fiction book (1994) -
At dawn, North Square was seething with activity.
Fiction book (2000) -
The world is a seething torrent; what man can guide it?
Fiction book (1992) -
There was life out there, exfoliative and rich, a whole planet seething with possibility.
Fiction book (1991) -
Heartland was in desperate condition, seething with corruption.
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In 1952, the African continent seethed with protest and resistance to white supremacy.
Academic text (1998) -
"The noise of car horns is deafening as streets seethe with cars, cows, mopeds, bikes, and pedestrians.
Blog text (33) -
The city was seething with excitement as the festival began, drawing crowds from all around.
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As the news spread, the office became seething with activity as everyone discussed the latest developments.
Synonyms
68
3.1
To be full of lively noise from people talking and moving
17
3.5
Be full of people and noise from busy activity
Full of strong feelings not shown or of constant, busy movement
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Busy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Seethe comes from an old German word meaning 'to boil', and it gives a vivid image of a place like a pot full of bubbles and movement. So a busy market or city can be said to seethe with activity.