'Smolder' definitions:
Definition of 'smolder'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Smolder'
From: GCIDE
- Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smolderedor Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm["o]len, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]
- 1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. [1913 Webster]
- The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud. [1913 Webster] Smolder
Definition of 'Smolder'
From: GCIDE
- Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed. Palsgrave. [1913 Webster] Smolder
Definition of 'Smolder'
From: GCIDE
- Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n. Smoke; smother. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The smolder stops our nose with stench. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] Smoldering
Synonyms of 'smolder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bake,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- be in heat,
- be latent,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bellow,
- blaze,
- bloom,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- bluster,
- boil,
- broil,
- browned off,
- bubble,
- burn,
- burst,
- carry on,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- chafe,
- choke,
- churn,
- combust,
- come apart,
- cook,
- erupt,
- escape notice,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- ferment,
- fire up,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flush,
- fret,
- fry,
- fulminate,
- fume,
- fust,
- gasp,
- get excited,
- glow,
- go into hysterics,
- go on,
- hang fire,
- have a conniption,
- have a tantrum,
- hibernate,
- hit the ceiling,
- idle,
- incandesce,
- lie beneath,
- lie dormant,
- lie hid,
- lie low,
- lurk,
- make no sign,
- moil,
- pant,
- parch,
- pissed off,
- radiate heat,
- rage,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rave,
- roast,
- run a temperature,
- scald,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- simmer,
- sizzle,
- sleep,
- slumber,
- smoke,
- smother,
- spark,
- stagnate,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stir,
- storm,
- suffocate,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- take fire,
- take on,
- throw a fit,
- toast,
- turn a hair,
- underlie,
- vegetate