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# smouldering

«smouldering» in Mova's school dictionary: **burning slowly without flames, giving off smoke** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (smouldering); verb form of smoulder

### meaning for a pupil

1) Smouldering means burning slowly without flames, giving off smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smouldering/#m1)

2) Smouldering feelings are strong and kept inside, ready to burst out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smouldering/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

the smoke and ash of a fire that is still hot after it has died down.

### examples

- The smouldering ashes were still warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smouldering/#x1)
- Smouldering wood gives off a lot of smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smouldering/#x2)
- His smouldering anger was clear in his face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smouldering/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smouldering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smouldering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.