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sweating

English

Etymology

From Middle English sweting, swetinge, equivalent to sweat +? -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

sweating (countable and uncountable, plural sweatings)

  1. The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
    • 1870, Timothy Holmes, A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical (volume 1, page 288)
      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.
  2. (botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
  3. (cooking) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

Synonyms

  • perspiration

Translations

Verb

sweating

  1. present participle of sweat

Adjective

sweating (comparative more sweating, superlative most sweating)

  1. Giving off sweat.
    Synonyms: (dated) asweat, sudorific, sudoriferous, sweaty

Derived terms

  • sweating industry
  • sweating iron

Translations

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sweeting

English

Etymology

sweet +? -ing

Noun

sweeting (plural sweetings)

  1. (obsolete) A sweet apple.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ascham to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) A darling; term of endearment.
    • ca.1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night II.iii
      Trip no further, pretty sweeting.

Verb

sweeting

  1. present participle of sweet

Anagrams

  • weesting

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