Sekirov Dictionary

swelter

UK /ˈswɛl.tə/US /ˈswɛl.tɚ/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

To suffer terribly from intense heat.
To perspire greatly from heat.
•
To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
- It was so rare a piece of fun To see the swelter'd cattle run — 1796

noun1

•
Intense heat.
- The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

forms

sweltered · sweltering · swelters

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