sweating

Plural: sweatings

Noun

• the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
• The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
• Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
• The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

Verb

• excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
• present participle and gerund of sweat

Adj

• Giving off sweat.

Examples

• "A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel."

Synonyms

;, asweat, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, perspire, sudate, sudation, sudoresis, sudoriferous, sudorific, sweat, sweaty

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