Thesaurus: swelter

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1. v. i. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
2. v. i. To welter; to soak.
3. v. t. To oppress with heat.
4. v. t. To exude, like sweat.
5. v. be uncomfortably hot
6. v. suffer from intense heat
7. 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. 1. To oppress with heat. Bentley. 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.
8. v:100 v. be uncomfortably hot v. suffer from intense heat