About The Word Smolder
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Smolder
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What's The Definition Of Smolder?
[v] burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
[v] have strong suppressed feelings Synonyms | Synonyms for Smolder: smoulder | smoulder Related Terms | Find terms related to Smolder: See Also | burn | combust | experience | feel Smolder In Webster's Dictionary \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
{Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm["o]len,
smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
and supressed combustion.
The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
--Spenser.
2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
\Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed. Palsgrave. \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n. Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. --Gascoigne. |
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