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smolder

UK /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/US /ˈsmoʊldɚ/

verb 4
noun 3
forms 3

verb4

•
To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
- The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
(figurative) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
(figurative) To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
•
To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
- They preassed forward vnder their ensignes, bearing downe such as stoode in their way, and with their owne fire smouldered and burnt them to ashes — 1577

noun3

The act of smoldering or something that smolders.
A disease of narcissus and related flowers caused by the fungus Botrytis narcissicola, and characterized by dark brown lesions on the leaves.
•
(no longer used) smoke; smother
- The smoulder stops our nose with stench. — 1573

forms

smoldered · smoldering · smolders

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