SMOULDER

smoulder, smolder

(noun) a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; “the smoulder suddenly became a blaze”

smolder, smoulder

(verb) burn slowly and without a flame; “a smoldering fire”

smolder, smoulder

(verb) have strong suppressed feelings

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

smoulder (third-person singular simple present smoulders, present participle smouldering, simple past and past participle smouldered)

(intransitive, chiefly British) Alternative form of smolder

(obsolete) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.

Noun

smoulder

(obsolete) smoke; smother

Anagrams

• R-modules, moulders, remoulds

Source: Wiktionary

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Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] Etym: [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]

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.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. t.

Definition: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, n.

Definition: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.

Smoul"der, v. i.

Definition: See Smolder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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