Meaning

1 senses

  1. To smother; to suffocate; to choke.

More definitions
  • burn slowly and without a flame
  • have strong suppressed feelings

Examples

2 sentences

  1. If the fire isn't doused properly with water, it will continue to smoulder all night.

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  2. I didn't see him. I saw just a smouldering cigarette that he had left before.

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Forms

smoulders, smouldering, smouldered, smouldered
Base formsmoulder · to smoulder
3rd person singularsmoulders
Present participlesmouldering
Past simplesmouldered
Past participlesmouldered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmoulder
he, she, itsmoulders

Past simpleLesson

all personssmouldered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smouldered
he, she, ithas smouldered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smoulder

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • burn slowly and without a flame:smolder
  • have strong suppressed feelings:smolder

Word family

3 related words
Derivedasmouldersmoulderersmouldry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smoothiesmoothlyA2smothersmudgesmugC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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