sweating

Noun

Synonyms: perspiration diaphoresis sudation hidrosis

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid“perspiration is a homeostatic process”Synonyms: perspiration diaphoresis sudation hidrosis

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sweat \Sweat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweat or Sweated (Obs. Swat); p. pr. & vb. n. Sweating.] [OE. sweten, AS. swaetan, fr. sw[=a]t, n., sweat; akin to OFries. & OS. sw[=e]t, D. zweet, OHG. sweiz, G. schweiss, Icel. sviti, sveiti, Sw. svett, Dan. sved, L. sudor sweat, sudare to sweat, Gr. ?, ?, sweat, ? to sweat, Skr. sv[=e]da sweat, svid to sweat. [root]178. Cf. Exude, Sudary, Sudorific.]

1.To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. [1913 Webster]

He 'd have the poets sweat.— Waller.[1913 Webster]

3.To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. [1913 Webster]

Sweating \Sweat"ing\, a. & n. from Sweat, v. [1913 Webster]

Sweating bath, a bath producing sensible sweat; a stove or sudatory.

Sweating house, a house for sweating persons in sickness.

Sweating iron, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper.

Sweating room. (a) A room for sweating persons. (b) (Dairying) A room for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices.

Sweating sickness (Med.), a febrile epidemic disease which prevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in England, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, characterized by profuse sweating. Death often occured in a few hours. [1913 Webster]