smolder

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Paul Stamets has one, and says he's only seen it smolder when someone lit a joint near it.

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Quick take

a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"

verb

burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"

verb

have strong suppressed feelings

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for smolder.

noun

a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"

verb

burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"

verb

have strong suppressed feelings

Example sentences

Paul Stamets has one, and says he's only seen it smolder when someone lit a joint near it.

Which means, as smolder said, the Atari we all remember and love is long gone.

There is no “slow smolder” scenario I can see that leaves society intact.

I've even hiked directly over smoldering ground before, with no danger.

The stack might just smolder for 229 years, because the flame resistant treatment turned out to only be flame retardant.

The light grey button with white text makes me smolder, and it's getting a little hotter every time I encounter it.

Many "good" fires just essentially smolder for months, growing very slowly until the autumn precip douses them.

If allowed to smolder, undetected, it can grow to an inferno that can spread quickly beyond our ability to control it.

People may grow so tired of the restrictions that they declare the pandemic over, even as the virus continues to smolder in the population and before a vaccine or effective treatment is found.

"When that material then started to smolder downwards out through the floor of the chamber, it threatened to come into contact with a large amount of water that had pooled there as a result of early firefighter attempts to put it out with hoses.

When your stress starts to smolder into frustration and anger; then turns to suspicion and mistrust as you enclose yourself in embattled armor or a crusty shell...This is not just how you harden an attitude, but it's a formula for hardening the arteries, as well.