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Noun: sweating  sweting
  1. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
    - perspiration, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis
Adjective: sweating  sweting
  1. Being wet with perspiration
    "his sweating face"
    - perspiring, sweaty
Verb: sweat  swet
  1. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
    "Exercise makes one sweat"
    - sudate, perspire

Derived forms: sweatings

See also: sweat off, sweater

Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

Encyclopedia: Sweat

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