sweating
Plural: sweatings
Noun
- the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
- 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.
Verb
- excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
- present participle and gerund of sweat
Adj
- Giving off sweat.
Examples
- A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).
Synonyms
diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, perspire, sudate, sudation, sweat, ;, asweat, sudoresis, sudoriferous, sudorific, sweaty
Scrabble Score: 12
sweating: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsweating: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sweating: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary