smolder
The act of smoldering or something that smoldersThe act of smoldering or something that smolders.
» The smoldering firewood burst into flame.
На тлеющих дровах вспыхнули языки пламени. — shanghainese
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1 sensesThe act of smoldering or something that smolders.
- a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame
Examples
10 sentencesThe smoldering firewood burst into flame.
ruНа тлеющих дровах вспыхнули языки пламени. — shanghainese
The fire was smoldering ashes by morning.
A smoldering pile of coal was left behind.
If you squelch the fire with water, the coals will not smolder.
Three figures were gathered around the smoldering embers of a small fire.
Origin
From Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smokFrom Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *smolōn (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”). Related to Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (> English smell).
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