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Swelter   /swˈɛltər/   Listen
Swelter

verb
(past & past part. sweltered; pres. part. sweltering)
1.
Be uncomfortably hot.
2.
Suffer from intense heat.





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"Swelter" Quotes from Famous Books



... said he; "but is it any cinch, now? An' anyhow, she'll be where she wun't ever hear a bit o' music, 'r see a picter, 'r see a friend. She'll swelter in the burnin' sun an' parch in the hot winds in the summer, an' in the winter she'll be shet in by blizzards an' cold weather. She'll see nothin' but kioats, prairie-dogs, sage-brush, an' cactus. An' what fer! Jest for nothin' but me! To git me away from things she's afraid've ...
— Aladdin & Co. - A Romance of Yankee Magic • Herbert Quick
... the best time in the year for open fires," suggested Peggy. "But I do think that to-night seems a little cooler. Perhaps we might have a fire and not swelter." ...
— Peggy Raymond's Vacation - or Friendly Terrace Transplanted • Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith


Words linked to "Swelter" :   sudate, suffer, perspire, sweat


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