1. to suffer from oppressive heat
Usage: intransitive
2. to cause to suffer from heat
Usage: transitive

1. a state of oppressive heat

Examples

• The workers sweltered in the factory without air conditioning.
• We sweltered through the hottest day of summer.
• The humid weather made everyone swelter.
• The sun sweltered the hikers on the exposed trail.
• The swelter of the crowded subway car was unbearable.
• They escaped the swelter by jumping into the lake.
• The afternoon swelter drove people indoors.