(ambitransitive, weak) to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)
(ambitransitive, figuratively, intransitive, weak) to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)
(informal, intransitive, weak) to smoke, to be beginning to burn (be extremely heated up, causing smoke or charring but little or no open fire, typically as a result of live electricity)