sweating
/ˈswɛtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Example Sentences
- "In its favour may be urged, I. That in healthy persons, in every case of increased action of the heart and arteries, a sweating takes place, and is, seemingly, the means of preventing the bad effects of such increased action."
- "In this early stage there is generally a tendency to constipation of the bowels, and in the intervals between the sweatings the urine remains clear, though not abundant. In the second degree, the emaciation is more noticeable."
- "Her jet-black hair would be heavily braided, and her face chalky-white from its coating of powder (she suffered from constant sweatings and seborrhoea)."
- "A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel."