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glimmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • smolder verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.

Senses

glimmen is used for these senses in English:

  • smolder (intransitive, now, US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.

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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