perspiring

  • 91sudoriferous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Producing or covered with sweat: perspiring, sweating, sweaty. See DRY …

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  • 92sweating — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Producing or covered with sweat: perspiring, sudoriferous, sweaty. See DRY …

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  • 93breath — 01. He took a deep [breath], and then jumped into the lake. 02. She had the smell of alcohol and cigarettes on her [breath], and I didn t really feel like kissing her. 03. The air is so polluted that it s almost difficult to [breathe] there. 04.… …

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  • 94perspire — per|spire [pəˈspaıə US pərˈspaır] v [i]formal [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: perspirer, from Latin spirare to breathe ] if you perspire, parts of your body become wet, especially because you are hot or have been doing hard work = ↑sweat ▪… …

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  • 95Iraq — country name, 1920, from an Arabic name attested since 6c. for the region known in Gk. as MESOPOTAMIA (Cf. Mesopotamia); often said to be from Arabic araqa, covering notions such as perspiring, deeply rooted, well watered, which may reflect the… …

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  • 96perspire — 1640s, “to evaporate through the pores,” from L. perspirare “to breathe, to blow constantly” (see PERSPIRATION (Cf. perspiration)). Meaning “to sweat” is from 1725. It is well known that for some time past, neither man, woman nor… …

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  • 97hidrotic — adj. perspiring excessively, accompanied by excessive sweating …

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  • 98perspiringly — adv. while perspiring, while sweating …

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  • 99sweat — swet n. perspiration, moisture excreted by the sweat glands; act of perspiring; droplets of moisture on a surface, condensation; hard work; worry, stress, anxiety (Informal) v. perspire; work hard; collect moisture from condensation; worry, be… …

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  • 100sweated — sweat·ed || swetɪd adj. overworked and underpaid; having poor working conditions; made by underpaid workers swet n. perspiration, moisture excreted by the sweat glands; act of perspiring; droplets of moisture on a surface, condensation; hard… …

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