smolder
/'smouldə/ Cách viết khác : (smolder) /'smouldə/
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Definition
Verb (intransitive):
- To burn slowly with smoke but no flame: To undergo a slow, flameless combustion, often producing smoke.
- To exist in a suppressed or latent state: To be present but not openly expressed, often referring to emotions like anger, resentment, or passion.
Noun:
- A slow, smoky, flameless fire: A fire that burns with smoke and heat but without visible flames.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The logs continued to smolder in the fireplace long after the flames had died down.
- Resentment smoldered within him for years after the argument.
- Noun:
- Firefighters doused the smolder to prevent it from reigniting.
Advanced Usage
- "to smolder with": To be filled with a strong, suppressed emotion.
- Her eyes smoldered with a quiet intensity.
- "to smolder away": To continue burning or existing in a low, persistent state.
- The conflict smoldered away for decades.
Variants and Related Words
- Smouldering (adj, UK spelling variant): The preferred spelling in British English for both the verb and adjective forms.
- A smouldering ruin. (A ruin with fires still burning beneath the surface.)
- Smolderer (n, rare): One who or that which smolders.
Synonyms
- Verb: Glow, seethe, simmer, fester.
- Noun: Glow, embers.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "smolder" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The advanced usages above function similarly.)
Related Idioms
- A smoldering look/glance: A look that conveys strong, suppressed emotion, often desire or anger.
- He gave her a smoldering look across the room.
- To reduce to a smolder: To cause something to burn down to a state of slow, flameless combustion.
- The campfire was reduced to a smolder by morning.
Noun
- a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame
- the smoulder suddenly became a blaze
Verb
- have strong suppressed feelings
- burn slowly and without a flame
- a smoldering fire