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sweating

The correct spelling is sweating.

How to pronounce sweating

verb

Say it like: Swee-tin-g

The correct spelling is sweating. To emit sweat. For example: "I've been sweating over my essay all day."

Usage Examples

I've been sweating over my essay all day.

to sweat a spendthrift

to sweat blood

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To emit sweat.
  2. 2.To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
  3. 3.To work hard.
  4. 4.To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
  5. 5.To worry.

noun

  1. 1.The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
  2. 2.Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
  3. 3.The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

adjective

  1. 1.Giving off sweat.

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