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sweating

/ˈswɛtɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Sweating means: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.

Synonyms for sweating9

noun, as in the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

perspiration, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis

also used for sweating

sudoresis, asweat, sudorific, sudoriferous, sweaty

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What does sweating mean?1

noun

1

the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid“perspiration is a homeostatic process”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sweating?10

two syllables

gettingsettinglettingbettingnettingvettingpetting

three syllables

forgettingupsettingregretting
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Sweating in a sentence

  • During warm weather, sweating helps man regulate his body temperature.CM
  • The most commonly reported flu symptoms are fever, chills, sweating, asthenia, headache and nausea.gauravjiii
  • He was sweating, and mopped his brow with his tie.sundown
  • Sweating, he dried his forehead with his tie.sundown
  • Sweating, he mopped his brow with his tie.sundown
  • He was sweating, and dried his forehead with his tie.sundown
  • Ziri kept waking up in the night sweating.Amastan
  • Sweating allows the human body to regulate its temperature.Spamster

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Forms of sweating

as a noun

plural
sweatings