Smoulder

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t.
     To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
     Palsgrave.
     [1913 Webster] Smolder

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n.
     Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
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           The smolder stops our nose with stench.  --Gascoigne.
     [1913 Webster] Smoldering

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smolder \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.
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              The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
        to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
        [1913 Webster] Smolder

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i.
     See {Smolder}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smoulder
       n : a smouldering fire; "the smoulder became a blaze"
       v 1: have strong suppressed feelings [syn: {smolder}]
       2: burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire" [syn: {smolder}]