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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The fluid, consisting of water with small amounts of urea and salts, that is excreted through the pores of the skin by the sweat glands; sweat.
  2. n. The act or process of perspiring.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Excretion of liquid from the skin, mainly by the sweatglands; sweating: a function of service in the elimination of certain substances, but especially as a means of cooling the body. It is under direct nervous control.
  2. n. The liquid thus excreted; sweat. It consists of water holding 1 to 2 per cent. of other substances, including sodium chlorid, various fatty acids, neutral fats, and cholesterin.

Wiktionary

  1. n. the action or process of perspiring
  2. n. a saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act or process of perspiring.
  2. n. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
  2. n. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

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  • Kristianto2010 I have trouble moving from the inspiration to the perspiration; my great ideas don’t become reality because I don’t spend the time and energy to make them happen.
    Dec 4, 2010

  • whichbe Supposedly a hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there. May 7, 2008

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