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sweating en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).

Meanings

  1. Giving off sweat.
    • A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.

Forms

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more sweating Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most sweating Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nonsweating · sweating industry · sweating iron

Synonyms

sweaty · asweat · sudoriferous · sudorific

Translations (5)

io sudorifanta (giving off sweat) · la perspīrāns (giving off sweat) · eo ŝvita (giving off sweat) · gu રેબઝેબ (giving off sweat) · cs potící (giving off sweat)

sweating en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
    • Her jet-black hair would be heavily braided, and her face chalky-white from its coating of powder (she suffered from constant sweatings and seborrhoea). 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
    • 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:
    • 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. 1797, Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, Encyclopædia Britannica:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

Forms

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sweatings Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

boiling · frying · steaming · sautéing

Deriveds

Picardy sweating sickness · sweating sickness

Synonyms

sudation · diaphoresis · hidrosis · sudoresis · perspiration

Translations (31)

io sudorifo (bodily process) · ru поте́ние (bodily process) · ar عَرَق (bodily process) · nb transpirasjon (bodily process) · de Schwitzen (bodily process) · fi hikoileminen (bodily process) · pt suor (bodily process) · ga allas (bodily process) · sv svettning (bodily process) · la perspīrāntia (bodily process) · gl transpiración (bodily process) · cmn 流汗 (bodily process) · cs pocení (bodily process) · ko 땀 (bodily process) · fi hikoilu (bodily process) · ja 汗 (bodily process) · es transpiración (bodily process) · hu verítékezés (bodily process) · nl zweet (bodily process) · nn transpirasjon (bodily process) · cmn 汗 (bodily process) · hu izzadás (bodily process) · es sudoración (bodily process) · fr transpiration (bodily process) · el εφίδρωση (bodily process) · it sudore (bodily process) · sa स्वेद (bodily process) · ba тирләү (bodily process) · pt transpiração (bodily process) · pt perspiração (bodily process) · la perspīrātio (bodily process)

sweating en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sweat
    form of sweat