sweating
Noun
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Noun
sweating
- The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
- 1870, Timothy Holmes, A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical (volume 1, page 288)
- In this early stage there is generally a tendency to constipation of the bowels, and in the intervals between the sweatings the urine remains clear, though not abundant. In the second degree, the emaciation is more noticeable.
- 1870, Timothy Holmes, A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical (volume 1, page 288)
- (botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
- (cooking) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.
- French: transpiration
- German: Schwitzen
- Italian: sudore
- Portuguese: suor, transpiração, perspiração
- Russian: поте́ние
- present participle of sweat#English|sweat
sweating
- Giving off sweat.
- A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.
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