slovo | definícia |
sweltering (encz) | sweltering, adj: |
Sweltering (gcide) | Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sweltering.] [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge.
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2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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sweltering (wn) | sweltering
adj 1: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and
faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
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Sweltering (gcide) | Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sweltering.] [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge.
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2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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