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sweating

verb

Meaning

  • 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).

Synonyms

fret,
worry,
perspire,
slave,
slog

noun

Meaning

  • 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

Meaning

  • Giving off sweat.

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