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
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
adjective
Meaning
Giving off sweat.
"A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel."