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Swelter

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Verb

1. swelter

be uncomfortably hot

2. swelter

suffer from intense heat

Example Sentences:
'we were sweltering at the beach'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Swelter

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint
2. (transitive) archaic
to exude (venom)
3. (transitive) rare
to cause to suffer under oppressive heat
noun
4. 
a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter)
5. 
oppressive humid heat

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Swelter

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noun
4. 
the condition of sweltering
5. 
oppressive heat
verb intransitive
1. 
to be or feel uncomfortably hot; sweat, feel weak, etc. from great heat
verb transitive
2. 
to cause to swelter
3.  Archaic
to exude (venom or poison)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Swelter

see synonyms of swelter
v. swel·tered, swel·ter·ing, swel·ters
v.intr.
To suffer from oppressive heat.
v.tr.
Archaic To exude (venom, for example).
n.
A condition of oppressive heat.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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