Smoulder

Definition: Smoulder

Smoulder

Noun

1. A smouldering fire; "the smoulder became a blaze".

Verb

1. Have strong suppressed feelings.

2. Burn slowly and without without a flame; "a smoldering fire".

Date "smoulder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Domain	Definition
Public Administration	Burn without a flame and evident only by the presence of low heat or smoke. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Smoulder

Synonym: smolder (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: smouldered (public administration).

Crosswords: Smoulder

English words defined with "smoulder": Smoldered, Smouldered. (references)

Specialty definitions using "smoulder": roundhead ♦ standing fire. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Smoulder (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Smoulder [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference) What Were Once Flames Now Smoulder (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ROUNDHEAD, n. A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war -- so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Smoulder" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 67.74% of the time. "Smoulder" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	67.74%	21	76,261
Lexical Verb (base form)	19.35%	6	143,867
Noun (singular)	12.9%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	31	N/A

Language		Translations for "smoulder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zjarr pa flakë (smolder), digjem në vetvete (smolder), digjem në hi (smolder). (various references)

Arabic		‏كمن (ambuscade, ambush, dwell, lie in wait, position, reside, smolder, waylay), ‏نم عن غضب (smolder), ‏غطى (cap, coat, cover, encase, face, invest, line, litter, mantle, mask, mat, pall, paper, plaster, roof, sheathe, sheet, shield, smolder, tuck, wrap), ‏خنق بالدخان (smolder, smother), ‏إستكن (settle down, smolder), ‏أخمد (dampen, die out, expire, fall, hush, lay, muffle, oppress, put out, quench, scotch, slake, smolder, squelch, stifle, subside, suppress, trail off), ‏دخان كثيف (smolder, smother), ‏دخان (fume, reek, smoke, smolder). (various references)

Bulgarian		тая (cherish, entertain, harbour, suppress), тлея (smolder), тлеещ огън (smolder), тлеене (smolder), пуша (fume, puff at, reek, smoke, smolder, whiff). (various references)

Chinese		闷燃 (Smouldered, smouldering). (various references)

Danish		ulmen. (various references)

Dutch		smeulen. (various references)

Finnish		kytevä palo (creeping fire, hangover fire, holdover fire, sleeper fire, smoldering fire, smouldering fire). (various references)

French		fumée dense (smother), fumée (smoke), feu couvant (smoldering fire, smouldering fire), couvrir (smother), couver, étouffer (smother). (various references)

German		Schwelbrand (creeping fire). (various references)

Greek		καίω χωρίσ φλόγα (smolder), σιγοκαίω (smolder), υποκαίω (foment, smolder), υποβόσκουσα πυρκαϊά (hangover fire, holdover fire, sleeper fire, smoldering fire, smouldering fire). (various references)

Hebrew		לבעור בסתר. (various references)

Hungarian		parázslik (glow, smolder, to glow, to smolder, to smother, to smoulder), hamvad (smolder, to smolder, to smoulder). (various references)

Indonesian		membara (byrn). (various references)

Italian		covare sotto la cenere (smolder), bruciare senza fiamma (smolder), brace (cinder, ember, embers). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		燻ぶる (to smoke, to smoulder, to sputter), 燻る (to smoke, to smoulder, to sputter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くすぶる (to smoke, to smoulder, to sputter), いぶる (to smoke, to smoulder, to sputter). (various references)

Korean		�"으십시�". (various references)

Manx		smoghaney (linger, linger as smell, smouldering). (various references)

Pig Latin		ouldersmay

Portuguese		estar latente (smolder), combustão lenta, arder sem chama (smolder), arder a fogo lento (smolder). (various references)

Romanian		mocni (simmer, smolder), arde încet (smolder). (various references)

Russian		тлеть (smolder). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tinjati (smolder), tinjanje (smolder). (various references)

Spanish		fuego rampante, estar latente (smolder), arder sin llama (smolder). (various references)

Swedish		pyra (smolder). (various references)

Turkish		içten içe olmak (smolder), için için yanmak (rankle, smolder), için için yanan ateş (smolder), dumansız yanmak (smolder). (various references)

Ukrainian		тліючий вогонь (smolder), тліти (smolder), задушливий дим (smolder, smudge), жевріти (smolder). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự cháy âm ỉ (smolder). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "smoulder": smouldered, smouldering, smoulders. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: moulders.
	Words within the letters "d-e-l-m-o-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: modules, molders, moulder, remolds, smolder.
	-2 letters: demurs, dorsel, dorsum, douser, lemurs, louder, loured, loused, models, module, molder, morels, morsel, moulds, moused, mouser, odeums, oleums, remold, resold, roused, seldom, solder, souled, soured, uredos.
	-3 letters: demos, demur, derms, doers, doles, domes, dorms, doser, doums, douse, drums, druse, duels, dulse, dures, duros, euros, lemur, leuds, lodes.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-l-m-o-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: lemuroids, smoulders.
	+2 letters: dulcimores, smouldered, supermodel.
	+3 letters: murderously, overmuscled, smouldering, supermodels.
	+4 letters: demodulators, malnourished, modularities, multistoried, somersaulted, tremendously.
	+5 letters: superdiplomat.
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