Schwelen — meaning in English

English meaning

• simmer verb To cook gently in liquid just below boiling point.
• smolder verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
• smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.

Senses

Schwelen is used for these senses in English:

• simmer (intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. [from 1760s]
• smolder (intransitive, now, US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
• smother Smoldering; slow combustion.
• smother (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.

simmer — full definition

1. verb To cook gently in liquid just below boiling point.
2. verb To be filled with barely controlled anger or excitement.
3. noun The state of cooking gently just below boiling.

smolder — full definition

1. verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
2. verb To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
3. verb To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.

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