smolder
IPA: smˈoʊɫdɝ
noun
- The act of smoldering or something that smolders.
verb
- (intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
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Examples of "smolder" in Sentences
- The chimney is smoldering.
- The house is a smoldering ruin.
- The house began to smolder slowly.
- These can smolder year in, year out.
- It continued to smolder for 4 months.
- Duff can smolder for days after a fire.
- Finally, wood can smolder when heated sufficiently.
- They may smolder for a few minutes until they ignite.
- Her performance was described as having a smoldering moodiness.
- A pipe left to smolder may have ignited a blaze after the workmen were gone.