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SWELTER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they swelter ... he / she / it swelters
Past simple: sweltered
Past participle: sweltered
-ing form: sweltering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffer from intense heat
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 hot
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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