swelter

== English == === Alternative forms === sulter (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈswɛl.tə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ) === Verb === swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered) (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat. Synonyms: burn up, steam, stew (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat. Synonyms: sweat buckets, sweat like a pig (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat. Synonyms: sweb, swelt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === swelter (plural swelters) Intense heat. ==== Derived terms ==== sultry sweltery, sweltry ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle