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- Dictionarysmol·der/ˈsmōldər/
verb
- 1. burn slowly with smoke but no flame: "the bonfire still smoldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock" Similar
noun
- 1. smoke coming from a fire that is burning slowly without a flame: "the last acrid smolder of his cigarette"
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The meaning of SMOLDER is to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke. How to use smolder in a sentence.
to burn slowly with smoke but without flames: The fire was still smoldering the next morning. If a strong emotion smolders, it continues to exist but is not expressed: This issue has been smoldering all week. (Definition of smolder from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
When a fire is barely burning, it's smoldering. Fires can smolder for days without anyone's knowing, then burst into a conflagration that gets the fire department sirens wailing all over town. Smolder is a word that is often used figuratively to describe situations or people's feelings.
verb (used without object) to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion. to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred smoldered beneath a polite surface. to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to smolder with rage.
to burn slowly with smoke but without flames: a smoldering fire. smoldering embers. The fire was started by a smoldering cigarette. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to make fire or damage with fire. burn The fire was still burning after 24 hours. burn (fuel) The car burns biofuel.
1. to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion. 2. to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred smoldered beneath his smile. 3. to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like. n. 4. dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion. 5. a smoldering fire.
ME smolder smoky vapor, dissimilated var. of smorther smother; (v.) ME (as prp. smolderende), deriv. of the n.]
verb. /ˈsməʊldə (r)/ /ˈsməʊldər/ (US English) ( British English smoulder) Verb Forms. [intransitive] to burn slowly without a flame. The bonfire was still smoldering the next day. a smoldering cigarette. (figurative) The feud smoldered on for years. Take your English to the next level.
Jun 2, 2024 · smolder (third-person singular simple present smolders, present participle smoldering, simple past and past participle smoldered) (intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke. The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English smol‧der /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ verb [ intransitive] the American spelling of smoulder → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus smolder • And while many of the fires are cold by the time Williams and his crew come across them, some still smolder.
