Thesaurus: smoulder

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1. v. i. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
2. v. i. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
3. v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
4. n. Smoke; smother.
5. v. i. See Smolder.
6. n. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame
7. v. have strong suppressed feelings
8. v. burn slowly and without a flame
9. 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. See Smolder.
10. v:100 n. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame