sweating
verb
- 1
To emit sweat.
- 2
To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- 3
To work hard.
“I've been sweating over my essay all day.”
- 4
To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
“to sweat a spendthrift”
- 5
To worry.
- 6
To worry about (something).
- 7
To emit, in the manner of sweat.
“to sweat blood”
- 8
To emit moisture.
“The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.”
- 9
To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- 10
To stress out.
“Stop sweatin' me!”
- 11
To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
- 12
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.
- 13
To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
- 14
To scrape the sweat from (a horse).
noun
- 1
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
- 2
Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
- 3
The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.
Synonyms
adjective
- 1
Giving off sweat.
“A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.”
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