Translations for „smolder“ in the English » German Dictionary

smol·der VB intr Am

smolder → smoulder

See also smoulder

smoul·der [ˈsməʊldəʳ, Am ˈsmoʊldɚ] VB intr

1. smoulder (burn slowly):

smoulder

schwelen

smoulder cigarette

glimmen

smoulder fig dispute

schwelen

2. smoulder fig (repressed emotions):

to smoulder with desire/jealousy/passion/rage

vor Verlangen/Eifersucht/Leidenschaft/Zorn glühen

(sexual feelings) he gazed at her with smouldering eyes

er starrte sie mit glühenden Augen an

smoulder, smolder N

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smoulder [Am smolder]

Schmauch m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Any number of players may occupy a smolder pit.

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The cause of the fire was a frayed electrical cord behind a couch that smoldered for hours before engulfing the house with flames and smoke.

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Initially small and well away from private property, the fire was assigned low priority and allowed to smolder for the first two days.

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The fire burned for hours, and the grain smoldered for days which gave the town an aroma of burnt bread for a while.

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Indeed, much of the town became smoldering ruins, and there was considerable thought given to abandoning it entirely.

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All was left in a mass of smoldering ruins.

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Every house was burned down or still flaming and smoldering.

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They produced it by smoldering agricultural waste (i.e., covering burning biomass with soil) in pits or trenches.

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The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental, as opposed to still smoldering leftover debris from just five days prior.

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The sulfur stick is lit and smolders, something like the taper that is used to light fireworks.

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