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

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