SWELTER

swelter

(verb) suffer from intense heat; “we were sweltering at the beach”

swelter

(verb) be uncomfortably hot

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

swelter (plural swelters)

Intense heat.

Anagrams

• Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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