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Sweating - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sweating : adj : being wet with perspiration; "the perspiring runners"; "his
sweating face"; "sweaty clothes" [syn: perspiring, sweaty]
(noun)
1: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a
salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
[syn: perspiration, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sweating : \Sweat"ing\,
a. & n. from Sweat, v.
Sweating bath, a bath producing sensible sweat; a stove or
sudatory.
Sweating house, a house for sweating persons in sickness.
Sweating iron, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to
scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper.
Sweating room.
(a) A room for sweating persons.
(b) (Dairying) A room for sweating cheese and carrying off
the superfluous juices.
Sweating sickness (Med.), a febrile epidemic disease which
prevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in
England, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
characterized by profuse sweating. Death often occured in
a few hours.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sweat \Sweat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweat or Sweated (Obs.
Swat); p. pr. & vb. n. Sweating.] [OE. sweten, AS.
sw[ae]tan, fr. sw[=a]t, n., sweat; akin to OFries. & OS.
sw[=e]t, D. zweet, OHG. sweiz, G. schweiss, Icel. sviti,
sveiti, Sw. svett, Dan. sved, L. sudor sweat, sudare to
sweat, Gr. ?, ?, sweat, ? to sweat, Skr. sv[=e]da sweat, svid
to sweat. [root]178. Cf. Exude, Sudary, Sudorific.]
1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin;
to perspire. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
He 'd have the poets sweat. --Waller.
3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sweating : Sweating: The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands situated within and under the skin (in the subcutaneous tissue). They
discharge by tiny openings in the surface of the skin.
The sweat is a transparent colorless acidic fluid with a peculiar odor. It contains some fatty acids and mineral matter. It is also called perspiration.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Sweating |
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popz4120: Spending the day with my son in Kindergarten. Really folks...this job is NOT easy. I was physically Sweating after 15 minutes! |
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smasherash: At Cochin airport..quite excited to see my sister after 1.5 years...its Sweating over here,somebody had shut down the AC |
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MillionDollaAsh: I'm TIGHT only becuz I'm Sweating out my perm . But its for a good cause =) |
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