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    SWELTER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they swelter  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it swelters  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: sweltered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: sweltered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: sweltering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Suffer from intense heatplay

    Example:

    we were sweltering at the beach

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "swelter" is one way to...):

    perspire; sudate; sweat (excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Be uncomfortably hotplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "swelter" is one way to...):

    suffer (feel unwell or uncomfortable)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

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