What does sweal mean?
Sweal means (intransitive) To burn slowly..
Sweal
/swiːl/ · verb
Meaning
(intransitive) To burn slowly..
Definitions by Sense
- (intransitive) To burn slowly.
- (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
- (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
- (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
- (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.
Example Sentences
[M]ind ye dinna let the candle sweal as ye gang alang the wainscot parlour, and haud a' the house scouring to get out the grease again.
"He thinks it's only a tumour!" cried Annie to her mother. "And he can sweal it away."
Synonyms for sweal
Antonyms for sweal
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Word Forms
- sweals
- swealing
- swealed
- swale
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How do you use sweal in a sentence?
[M]ind ye dinna let the candle sweal as ye gang alang the wainscot parlour, and haud a' the house scouring to get out the grease again.
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