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smol·der    Audio Help   [smohl-der] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object)
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 a polite surface.
3.to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to smolder with rage.
–noun
4.dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion.
5.a smoldering fire.
Also, smoulder.


[Origin: 1275–1325; (n.) ME smolder smoky vapor, dissimilated var. of smorther smother; (v.) ME (as prp. smolderende), deriv. of the n.]
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smol·der also smoul·der    Audio Help   (smōl'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   smol·dered also smoul·dered, smol·der·ing also smoul·der·ing, smol·ders also smoul·ders
  1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.
  2. To exist in a suppressed state: Revolution smoldered in the masses.
  3. To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.

n.   Thick smoke resulting from a slow fire.


[Middle English smolderen, to suffocate, from smolder, smoke, probably alteration of smorther, from Old English smorian, to smoke.]

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smolder 
c.1300 (implied in smoldering), "to smother, suffocate," cognate with M.Du. smolen, Low Ger. smelen, Flem. smoel "hot," from P.Gmc. *smel-, *smul-. The meaning "burn and smoke without flame" is first recorded 1529, fell from use 17c. (though smoldering persisted in poetry) and was revived 19c.

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smolder

noun
1. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze" [syn: smoulder

verb
1. burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire" 
2. have strong suppressed feelings 

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Smolder

Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smolderedor 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.

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.
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Smolder

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

Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n. Smoke; smother. [Obs.]

The smolder stops our nose with stench. --Gascoigne.
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