CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SWELTER
PRESENT
Present
I swelter
you swelter
he/she/it swelters
we swelter
you swelter
they swelter
Present continuous
I am sweltering
you are sweltering
he/she/it is sweltering
we are sweltering
you are sweltering
they are sweltering
Present perfect
I have sweltered
you have sweltered
he/she/it has sweltered
we have sweltered
you have sweltered
they have sweltered
Present perfect continuous
I have been sweltering
you have been sweltering
he/she/it has been sweltering
we have been sweltering
you have been sweltering
they have been sweltering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I sweltered
you sweltered
he/she/it sweltered
we sweltered
you sweltered
they sweltered
Past continuous
I was sweltering
you were sweltering
he/she/it was sweltering
we were sweltering
you were sweltering
they were sweltering
Past perfect
I had sweltered
you had sweltered
he/she/it had sweltered
we had sweltered
you had sweltered
they had sweltered
Past perfect continuous
I had been sweltering
you had been sweltering
he/she/it had been sweltering
we had been sweltering
you had been sweltering
they had been sweltering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will swelter
you will swelter
he/she/it will swelter
we will swelter
you will swelter
they will swelter
Future continuous
I will be sweltering
you will be sweltering
he/she/it will be sweltering
we will be sweltering
you will be sweltering
they will be sweltering
Future perfect
I will have sweltered
you will have sweltered
he/she/it will have sweltered
we will have sweltered
you will have sweltered
they will have sweltered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sweltering
you will have been sweltering
he/she/it will have been sweltering
we will have been sweltering
you will have been sweltering
they will have been sweltering
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would swelter
you would swelter
he/she/it would swelter
we would swelter
you would swelter
they would swelter
Conditional continuous
I would be sweltering
you would be sweltering
he/she/it would be sweltering
we would be sweltering
you would be sweltering
they would be sweltering
Conditional perfect
I would have swelter
you would have swelter
he/she/it would have swelter
we would have swelter
you would have swelter
they would have swelter
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sweltering
you would have been sweltering
he/she/it would have been sweltering
we would have been sweltering
you would have been sweltering
they would have been sweltering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you swelter
we let´s swelter
you swelter
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
sweltered
Present Participle
sweltering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWELTER»
Discover the use of
swelter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
swelter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Throughout Swelter, Ficarra unleashes words onto the page, putting both text and white space to work with skill and intensity"--Brian Henry.
2
Honesty Wart: Witch Hunter!
Swelter was busy with his work and hadn't heard him approach. His thick brown
hair hung over the back of his collar. (Honesty's hair was cut short because his
mum said long hair was vanity.) He crept into the shadowy forge. The brazier
made ...
Enraged by his refusalto react, SWELTER raises his cleaver to strike STEERPIKE
, but suddenly sags, crumples and collapses ina drunkenstupor. STEERPIKE
regards the snoring lump with contempt. At the soundof FLAY's cracking joints, ...
4
Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake
There is no clear psychological distinction to be drawn between the cleaver as
Swelter's phallus and as his child. He fondles it and gains pleasure from it both
ways: [Flay] caught the gleam of steel, and a moment later a portion of the shaft
and ...
5
The Voice of the Heart: The Working of Mervyn Peake's ...
In Titus Groan he endlessly repeats the word as he recounts the feud between
Flay, the thin and bony servant, and Swelter, the fat and flatulent chef. Swelter
sharpens a kitchen cleaver to 'an uncommonly keen edge' (146), to 'a screaming
...
G. Peter Winnington,
2006
6
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ...
Toad, that under coldest stone,4 Days and nights hast5 thirty-one Swelter'd
venom 6 sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! M. Double, double toil
and trouble;7 Fire, burn ; and, cauldron, bubble. 2 Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed,
1806
7
Encounters on the Road to Jerusalem
SUMMER. 2009. Continuing. to. swelter. We have had an awful lot of summer
already. It's June 21 as we stop in Herman. We're suffering here from heat,
humidity, and mosquitoes. 110-degrees (44 C.) and above heat is already too
much.
8
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Macbeth. King John
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Isaac Reed George Steevens. Swelter'd
venom 8 sleecing got, Boil thou sirst i'thc charmed pot! All. Double, double toil
and trouble ; 9 Fire, burn ; and, cauldron, bubble. 2. Witch. Fillet os a senny snake
, ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone,
1801
Toad, that under coldest 5 stone, Days and nights hast thirty-one Swelter'd6
venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! ALL. Double, double 7 toil
and trouble; Fire, burn; and, .cauldron, bubble. 2 Wl'rcn. Fillet of a fennysnake,"
_In ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens,
1807
Toad, that under the cold stone Days and nights hast thirty-one, Swelter'd venom
(3) sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot ! All. (Going round the cauldron.)
Double, double (4) toil and trouble; Fire, burn; and, cauldron bubble. 2d Witch.
William Oxberry, William Hazlitt,
1822
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWELTER»
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swelter is used in the context of the following news items.
Summer swelter: Heat wave scorches from coast to coast
Yes, it's summer, and it's supposed to be hot, but this is a bit on the extreme side. As of 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, 110 million Americans in at least 35 states were ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Tuesday evening brings more storms and swelter
We're well on our way to another day of swelter and storms; heavy on swelter and with fewer storms than yesterday but here's the thing…where storms do ... «KSDK, Jul 15»
Dallas, Oklahoma City and Little Rock to Continue to Swelter
The intense heat over the Plains states could come to an end for some areas but not all. A strong dome of high pressure has dominated across the central U.S. ... «AccuWeather.com, Jul 15»
Summer Swelter to benefit BAAA
Horse Thief Hollow Restaurant and Brewing Company will host “Summer Swelter,” an outdoor craft beer party, on Saturday, July 25, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the brew ... «The Beverly Review, Jul 15»
Mesquite Apartment Tenants Swelter Without Air Conditioning
Dozens of families at the Hillcrest Apartments in Mesquite say cool air started blowing after they've lived a week without air conditioning. (Published Tuesday ... «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Jul 15»
Truck drivers swelter in traffic jam after French ferry strike
London (CNN) As southern England swelters in an unusual heat wave, thousands of truck drivers have been stranded along miles of a highway leading to the ... «CNN, Jul 15»
Swiss swelter as summer sizzles
Swimming, boating and playing in sprinklers -- the Swiss do whatever it takes to cool off as temperatures soar. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). «Reuters, Jul 15»
WEATHER: Scorching 31 degree heat set to make Lincolnshire …
WEATHER: Scorching 31 degree heat set to make Lincolnshire swelter. By HGilbey_LE | Posted: July 01, 2015. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jun 15»
Tennis players and pilgrims swelter as heatwave hits Europe
PARIS: Tennis players at Wimbledon, fasting Muslims and ailing religious pilgrims in Lourdes were among those at risk from the blast of a major heatwave ... «ARY NEWS, Jun 15»
HEATWAVE ALERT: South Yorkshire to swelter in 30C heat
South Yorkshire looks set to sizzle in temperatures of more than 30C next week as the summer finally starts to heat up. Met Office forecasters are predicting ... «The Star, Jun 15»