swelter

swelter
Synonyms and related words:
BO, THI, bake, be in heat, beaded brow, beads of sweat, blaze, bloom, body odor, boil, broil, burn, choke, closeness, cold sweat, combust, cook, diaphoresis, exudate, exudation, exude, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, fry, gasp, glow, honest sweat, humidity, humidness, incandesce, lather, melt, mugginess, oppressiveness, pant, parch, perspiration, perspiration odor, perspire, radiate heat, roast, scald, scorch, seethe, shimmer with heat, simmer, smolder, smother, spark, steam, stew, stickiness, stifle, streams of sweat, stuffiness, sudor, sudoresis, suffocate, sweat, temperature-humidity index, toast, water, wilt|

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  • Swelter — is a rock music group, formed in 1989. They were generally associated with the city of Tacoma, Washington.Biography1989 1991Swelter was initally formed as a 4 piece band consisting of Micah Hembree (vocals), Chad Baker (bass guitar), Stuart… …   Wikipedia

  • swelter — [swel′tər] vi. [freq. of ME swelten, to die, swoon away, faint < OE sweltan, to die < IE base * swel , to burn > Gr heilē, sun s heat] to be or feel uncomfortably hot; sweat, feel weak, etc. from great heat vt. 1. to cause to swelter 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • Swelter — Swel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. Sweltered cattle. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swelter — Swel ter, v. t. 1. To oppress with heat. Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swelter — c.1400, frequentative of swelten be faint (especially with heat), late 14c., from O.E. sweltan to die, from P.Gmc. *swel (Cf. O.S. sweltan to die, O.N. svelta to put to death, starve, Goth. sviltan to die ), originally to burn slowly, hence to be …   Etymology dictionary

  • swelter — ► VERB ▪ be uncomfortably hot. ► NOUN ▪ an uncomfortably hot atmosphere. ORIGIN from dialect swelt «perish», from Germanic …   English terms dictionary

  • swelter — UK [ˈsweltə(r)] / US [ˈsweltər] verb [intransitive] Word forms swelter : present tense I/you/we/they swelter he/she/it swelters present participle sweltering past tense sweltered past participle sweltered to be affected in an uncomfortable way by …   English dictionary

  • swelter — I. verb (sweltered; sweltering) Etymology: Middle English sweltren, frequentative of swelten to die, be overcome by heat, from Old English sweltan to die; akin to Gothic swiltan to die Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to suffer, sweat, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • swelter — [[t]swe̱ltə(r)[/t]] swelters, sweltering, sweltered VERB If you swelter, you are very uncomfortable because the weather is extremely hot. They sweltered in temperatures rising to a hundred degrees... Fred and Volodia sweltered at night in the… …   English dictionary

  • swelter — tvankumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Tvyrantis karštas ir drėgnas oras. atitikmenys: angl. closeness; stuffiness; sultriness; swelter vok. Schwüle, f rus. духота, f …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • swelter — /swel teuhr/, v.i. 1. to suffer from oppressive heat. v.t. 2. to oppress with heat. 3. Archaic. to exude, as venom. n. 4. a sweltering condition. [1375 1425; late ME swelt(e)ren (v.), equiv. to swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (OE sweltan to… …   Universalium

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