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 Definitions of swelter  [ˈswɛl tər]  

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Definition of 'swelter' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) swelter
to suffer from oppressive heat.

2. (v.t.) swelter
to oppress with heat.

3.  swelter
Archaic. to exude, as venom.

4. (n.) swelter
a sweltering condition.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME swelt(e)ren (v.) =swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (OE sweltan to die, c. OHG

Definition of 'swelter' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) swelter
be uncomfortably hot

2. (verb) swelter
suffer from intense heat
"we were sweltering at the beach"


Definition of 'swelter' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) swelter
to be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat

2. (verb) swelter
to welter; to soak

3. (verb) swelter
to oppress with heat

4. (verb) swelter
to exude, like sweat


Translation of 'swelter' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a person etc) to be uncomfortably hot
I'm sweltering in this heat!

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bedompig Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَصَبَّب عَرَقا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: задушавам се от горещина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: derreter Czech flag Czech: pařit se German flag German: vor Hitze vergehen
Danish flag Danish: være ved at gå til af var Greek flag Greek: σκάω από ζέστη Spanish flag Spanish: abrasarse, asarse de calo
Estonian flag Estonian: (palavusest) lämbuma Farsi flag Farsi: از گرما كلافه شدن Finnish flag Finnish: läkähtyä
French flag French: étouffer de chaleur Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַרגִיש חָם מִדָי Hindi flag Hindi: गर्मी के मारे तंग होना, प
Croatian flag Croatian: skapavati od vrućine, kup Hungarian flag Hungarian: eltikkad Indonesian flag Indonesian: kepanasan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vera að stikna Italian flag Italian: soffocare Japanese flag Japanese: 暑苦しい
Korean flag Korean: 혹서 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: leipti Latvian flag Latvian: gurt no svelmes/karstuma
Malay flag Malay: berasa sangat panas1 Dutch flag Dutch: smoren Norwegian flag Norwegian: holde på å forgå av varme
Polish flag Polish: omdlewać z upału Persian flag Persian: از گرما كلافه شدن Pashto flag Pashto: له ګرمی تنګیدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: derreter Romanian flag Romanian: a se sufoca de căldură Russian flag Russian: изнемогать от жары
Slovak flag Slovak: pariť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: dušiti se od vročine Serbian flag Serbian: umirati od vrućine
Swedish flag Swedish: försmäkta, förgås Thai flag Thai: ร้อนอบอ้าว Turkish flag Turkish: sıcaktan bunalmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 熱得發昏,悶熱 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: знемагати від спеки Urdu flag Urdu: گرمی سے مضمحل ہونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mệt nhoài người, đổ mồ hô Chinese flag Chinese: 热得发昏,闷热

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