Associations to the word «Swelter»

Wiktionary

SWELTER, verb. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
SWELTER, verb. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
SWELTER, noun. Intense heat.

Dictionary definition

SWELTER, verb. Be uncomfortably hot.
SWELTER, verb. Suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats