Perspire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To excrete perspiration through the pores of the skin.
  • v. To expel through external pores; exude.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to emit sweat or perspiration through the skin's pores
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
  • verb-intransitive. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
  • v. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe or blow through.
  • To evacuate the fluids of the body through the ecretories of te skin; perform excretion by the cuticular pores; sweat.
  • To be evacuated or excreted through the excretories of the skin; exude by or through the skin, as a fluid.
  • To emit or evacuate through the excretories of the skin; give out through external pores.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
  • Verb Form
    perspired    perspires    perspiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    egest    eliminate    excrete    pass   
    Hyponym
    swelter   
    Form
    perspired    perspiring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sweat    excrete    exhale    swelter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gire    Gyr    Tyre    admire    afire    aspire    dire    expire    fire    gire   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sweaty    tear-stained    unshaven    freckled    tearful    sunburn    grimy    thirsty    unwashed    red-faced