SMOULDER


Meaning of SMOULDER in English

smoul ‧ der BrE AmE British English , smolder American English /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive]

1 . if something such as wood smoulders, it burns slowly without a flame

2 . literary if someone smoulders, or if their feelings smoulder, they have strong feelings that they do not fully express:

He sensed a smouldering hostility towards him.

smoulder with

She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment.

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THESAURUS

■ to be burning

▪ burn to produce heat and flames:

The fire was still burning.

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A pile of branches was burning in the yard.

▪ be on fire if a building, car, piece of clothing etc is on fire, it is burning and being damaged:

Before long, the neighbouring houses were on fire too.

▪ be alight especially written if something is alight, it is burning:

By the time the fire engines got there, the whole building was already alight.

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The candle was still alight.

▪ be ablaze especially written if something is ablaze, it is burning with a lot of flames, so that it is seriously damaged:

Twelve hours after the bombing raid, many parts of the city were still ablaze.

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The two hundred tonnes of straw were now ablaze and firefighters struggled to get the fire under control.

▪ blaze to burn very brightly with a lot of flames and heat:

A big log fire was blazing in the fireplace.

▪ smoulder British English , smolder American English /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ to burn slowly and continuously, producing smoke but no flames:

A cigarette smouldered in the ashtray.

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The fire in the chemical factory was so intense that it was still smouldering a week later.

▪ flicker if a fire or flame flickers, it burns with an unsteady light that appears and disappears quickly:

A welcoming fire flickered in the grate.

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Inside the shrine candles flicker next to statues of saints.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.