| 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. |
| 4. | dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion. |
| 5. | a smoldering fire. |