'Sweating' definitions:

Definition of 'sweating'

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noun
The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process" [syn: perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis]

Definition of 'Sweating'

From: GCIDE
  • Sweat \Sweat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweat or Sweated (Obs. Swat); p. pr. & vb. n. Sweating.] [OE. sweten, AS. swaetan, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. [1913 Webster]
  • He 'd have the poets sweat. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sweating'

From: GCIDE
  • Sweating \Sweat"ing\, a. & n. from Sweat, v. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sweating'

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