swelter
(verb) suffer from intense heat; “we were sweltering at the beach”
swelter
(verb) be uncomfortably hot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)
(intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
(intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
(transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
swelter (plural swelters)
Intense heat.
• Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle
Source: Wiktionary
Swel"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.] Etym: [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle." Coleridge.
2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] Drayton.
Swel"ter, v. t.
1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.
2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
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