smoulder

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: smoul=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

smoulder, v. i. [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.  [1913 Webster]

smoulder, v. t. 

 To smother; to suffocate; to choke.  Holinshed. Palsgrave.  [1913 Webster]

smoulder, n. 

 Smoke; smother.  [1913 Webster]
"The smolder stops our nose with stench."  [1913 Webster]

smoulder, v. i. 

 See Smolder.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

smoulder, v. & n. (US smolder)
--v.intr.
1 burn slowly with smoke but without a flame; slowly burn internally or invisibly.
2 (of emotions etc.) exist in a suppressed or concealed state.
3 (of a person) show silent or suppressed anger, hatred, etc.
--n. a smouldering or slow-burning fire.

Etymology

ME, rel. to LG sm{ouml}ln, MDu. sm{ouml}len