Nearby Words
| Main Entry: |
smolder
 [smohl-der] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, simmer |
| Synonyms: | boil, bubble, churn, consume, erupt, explode, ferment, fester, fulminate, fume, seethe, smoke, steam, stir |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
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| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
| Synonyms: | boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
| Synonyms: | bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither |
| Antonyms: | cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
Example Sentences
- Soaking allows the chips to smolder rather than burn, generating fragrant clouds of flavorful wood smoke.
- It can smolder for hours and catch fire later that night.
- Place over medium heat until the wood begins to smolder.
| Main Entry: | fester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intensify; become inflamed |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate |
| Antonyms: | dissipate, get better, heal, lessen |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, radiate |
| Synonyms: | be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, kindle, light, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | seethe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very angry |
| Synonyms: | be furious, be incensed, be livid, be mad, be on the warpath, blow one's stack, blow up, boil, breathe fire, bristle, burn, ferment, flare, flip, foam, foam at mouth, froth, fume, hit the ceiling, rage, see red, simmer, smolder, spark, stew, storm |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | luminesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glow |
| Synonyms: | be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame*, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, incandesce, kindle, light, mantle, pink*, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine*, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parboil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bubble*, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | [Mixture of air and water] Bubble. [Cloud.] |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift., cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead., [Science of clouds] nephelognosy; nephograph, nephology., effervescence, fermentation; bubbling., nebula; cloudliness (opacity); nebulosity (dimness).
-verbs
bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.
-adjectives
bubbling; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, up., cloudy; thunderheaded; vaporous, nebulous, overcast.
-phrases
"the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost].
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