swelter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be uncomfortably hot
  2. verb suffer from intense heat
    • we were sweltering at the beach

WordNet

Swel"ter intransitive verb
Etymology
From Swelt, v. i.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sweltered ; present participle & verbal noun Sweltering
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.
  2. To exude, like sweat. R. Shak.

Webster 1913