sweating
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sweating
- /ˈswɛtɪŋ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).
noun sweatings
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The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
In its favour may be urged, I. That in healthy persons, in every case of increased action of the heart and arteries, a sweating takes place, and is, seemingly, the means of preventing the bad effects of such increased action.
Similar: perspiration, diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sudoresis
- Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
- The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.
verb
- present participle and gerund of sweat
adjective more sweating · most sweating
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Giving off sweat.
A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.
Similar: asweat, sudorific, sudoriferous, sweaty
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: perspiring, sweaty, wet, transpiration, sudation, perspiration, moisture, hot, dew, condensation, swine, pork, hog, pig, courage, sue
Translations
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noun bodily process
| Español | sudoración, transpiración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 땀 ttam |
| 日本語 | 汗 ase |
| 中文 | 流汗 liúhàn, 汗 hàn |
| Português | suor, transpiração, perspiração |
| Français | transpiration |
| Deutsch | Schwitzen |
| Italiano | sudore |
| Ελληνικά | εφίδρωση efídrosi |
| Русский | поте́ние poténije |
| العربية | عَرَق ʕaraq |
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