Thesaurus: smoulder
To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
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Definitions
- v. i. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
- v. i. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
- v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
- n. Smoke; smother.
- v. i. See Smolder.
- n. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame
- v. have strong suppressed feelings
- v. burn slowly and without a flame
- v:100 n. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame