smouldering.
Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame.
Meaning & usage
Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English smoulder Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English smouldering From smoulder + -ing.
The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English smoulder Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English smouldering From smoulder + -ing.
present participle and gerund of smoulder
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English smoulder Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English smouldering From smoulder + -ing.
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