SMOULDER


Meaning of SMOULDER in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Note: in AM, use 'smolder'

1.

If something ~s, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames.

A number of buildings around the Parliament were still ~ing today...

VERB: V

2.

If a feeling such as anger or hatred ~s inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it.

Baxter ~ed as he drove home for lunch...

VERB: V

3.

If you say that someone ~s, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way.

Melanie Griffith seems to ~ with sexuality...

VERB: V

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