Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - swelter
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(swelters, sweltering, sweltered) If you swelter, you are very uncomfortable because the weather is extremely hot. They sweltered in temperatures rising to a hundred degrees... VERB: V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English sweltren, frequentative of swelten to die, be overcome by heat, from Old English sweltan to die; akin to Gothic swiltan to die Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat 2. to become exceedingly hot in summer, the place ~s transitive verb 1. to oppress with heat 2. archaic exude ~ed venom — Shakespeare II. noun Date: 1851 1. a state of oppressive heat 2. welter 3. an excited or overwrought state of mind ; sweat in a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.intr. (of the atmosphere, or a person etc. suffering from it) be uncomfortably hot. --n. a sweltering atmosphere or condition. Derivatives swelteringly adv. Etymology: base of (now dial.) swelt f. OE sweltan perish f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. жара, зной; духота 2. изнеможение (от зноя, духоты) 3. сумбур, путаница 4. волнение, напряженность in a swelter —- вне себя 5. изнемогать от жары, зноя; париться 6. заставлять изнемогать от жары 7. уст. источать to swelter venom —- источать яд ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1403, frequentive of swelten "be faint (especially with heat)," from O.E. sweltan "to die," from P.Gmc. *swel- "to burn slowly," also the source of O.E. swelan "to burn." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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