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Verb: swelter  swel-tu(r)
  1. Be uncomfortably hot
     
  2. Suffer from intense heat
    "we were sweltering at the beach";
    - stew [informal]

Derived forms: swelters, sweltering, sweltered

Type of: perspire, sudate, suffer, sweat

Encyclopedia: Swelter