sweating

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sweating noun

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.

sweating verb

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”

sweating adjective

Giving off sweat.“A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.”

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