Definitions
Sweating - as a noun
The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
Example: "Perspiration is a homeostatic process"
Sweating - as a verb
To emit sweat.
To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
To work hard.
Example: "I've been sweating over my essay all day."
To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
Example: "To sweat a spendthrift"
To worry.
To worry about (something).
To emit, in the manner of sweat.
Example: "To sweat blood"
To emit moisture.
Example: "The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it."
To solder (a pipe joint) together.
To stress out.
Example: "Stop sweatin' me!"
To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
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.
To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
To scrape the sweat from (a horse).
Sweating - as an adjective
Giving off sweat.
Example: "A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
SWEATING has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
SWEATING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
SWEATING has a WORDFEUD points total of 13.
