smoulder

Definition of Smoulder in English :

1. smolder, smoulder

a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame

Example Sentences:
'the smoulder suddenly became a blaze'

2. smolder, smoulder

have strong suppressed feelings

3. smolder, smoulder

burn slowly and without a flame

Example Sentences:
'a smoldering fire'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Smoulder

verb (intransitive)

1.

to burn slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke

2.

(esp of anger, etc) to exist in a suppressed or half-suppressed state

3.

to have strong repressed or half repressed feelings, esp anger

noun

4.

dense smoke, as from a smouldering fire

5.

a smouldering fire

verb intransitive, noun

British

smolder

v. & n.

Variant of smolder.