smolder(n = noun.event) smoulder - a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"
is a kind of fire

1.  smolder(v = verb.change) smoulder - burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
is one way to burn, combust
Sample sentences: Something ----s

2.  smolder(v = verb.emotion) smoulder - have strong suppressed feelings;
is one way to experience, feel
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  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]

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

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

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

smolder, US var. of SMOULDER.

VB  be inert, hang fire, smolder.

VB  be hot, glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame, smolder, parch, fume, pant, heat, recalesce, thaw, give.

VB  be latent, lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign, escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition, lie hid, laugh in one's sleeve, keep back, involve, imply, understand, allude to, infer, leave an inference, entail, whisper, read between the lines.