Sweating

Full definition of sweating

Noun

1. the production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
• Oliver Sacks, AwakeningsHer jet-black hair would be heavily braided, and her face chalky-white from its coating of powder (she suffered from constant sweatings and seborrhoea).

Synonyms

• perspiration

Verb

1. Present participle of sweat

Adjective

1. of or relating to one who is sweating