Swelter

['sweltə]

Definition

(verb.) suffer from intense heat; 'we were sweltering at the beach'.

(verb.) be uncomfortably hot.

Checker: Sinclair--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.

(v. i.) To welter; to soak.

(v. t.) To oppress with heat.

(v. t.) To exude, like sweat.

Typed by Borg

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Be oppressed with heat, be overcome by heat.

Typist: Rosanna

Definition

v.i. to be faint or oppressed with heat: to perspire copiously from heat.—v.t. to cause to faint to overpower as with heat.—p.adj. Swelt′ering.—adv. Swelt′eringly.—adj. Swelt′ry sultry oppressive with heat.

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