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sweating

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verb

  • To emit sweat.
  • To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
  • To work hard.

    "I've been sweating over my essay all day."

  • To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.

    "to sweat a spendthrift"

  • To worry.
  • To worry about (something).
  • To emit, in the manner of sweat.

    "to sweat blood"

  • To emit moisture.

    "The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it."

  • To solder (a pipe joint) together.
  • To stress out.

    "Stop sweatin' me!"

  • To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
  • To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
  • To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
  • To scrape the sweat from (a horse).

noun

  • 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.
Synonyms:perspiration

adjective

  • Giving off sweat.

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

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