Smouldered

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of smoulder form-of, participle, past

Example

More examples

"His head dropped upon his breast, and yielding to the fatigue he had undergone and the somnolent influence of the fire, he dropped into a deep slumber by the dull red embers that still smouldered in the grate."

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