smoulder
IPA: smˈoʊɫdɝ
noun
- (obsolete) smoke; smother
- A disease of narcissus and related flowers caused by the fungus Botrytis narcissicola, and characterized by dark brown lesions on the leaves.
- Alternative form of smolder. [The act of smoldering or something that smolders.]
verb
- (transitive) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
- (intransitive, chiefly Britain) Alternative form of smolder [(intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.]
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Examples of "smoulder" in Sentences
- They smoulder and smoke.
- Fire smoulders, but it is under control.
- Major overnight fire continues to smoulder.
- These did not smoulder after the cannon had fired.
- Never leave the fire unattended or let it smoulder.
- As the flames smoulder, only Gunther and Hagen survive.
- The crisis has passed, but the dispute continues to smoulder.
- Oedipa smouldered, knowing she must achieve self actualization.
- It was a bitterly cold evening but her clothes were still smouldering.
- The new wave of protests tells us that the embers continue to smoulder.
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