Thesaurus: smolder

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1. v. i. Alt. of Smoulder
2. v. t. Alt. of Smoulder
3. n. Alt. of Smoulder
4. n. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame
5. v. burn slowly and without a flame
6. v. have strong suppressed feelings
7. 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. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave. Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
8. n:5/v:95 v. burn slowly and without a flame v. have strong suppressed feelings