Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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.
- n. The act or process of perspiring.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
- 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
- n. the action or process of perspiring
- n. a saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act or process of perspiring.
- n. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
- n. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
Examples
“In the ordinary state of the skin, even when there is no apparent perspiration, it is constantly exhaling waste matter, in a form which is called _insensible perspiration_, because it cannot be perceived by the senses.”
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“Another part of it, when circulating through the skin, is passed off in the form of that watery vapor which we call perspiration, or sweat.”
“Your personal habits are stored, along with your dietary intake and vital signs, thanks to improvements in perspiration-reading sensors, wireless communications with menus, and heart-monitoring wristwatches.”
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“End tips & nose pads on such frames do deteriorate due to acid in perspiration, but fortunately a good optical outlet can generally fit replacement pads and tips – these may not totally match the originals, but their positioning means they will be hidden behind your ears or behind the lenses.”
“Police were quick to arrive on the scene, but their attempts to capture Adalberto Cardoso were foiled, because he was covered in perspiration and his own blood, making him too slippery to grip.”
“The little wagons were bathed in perspiration; the baskets of ore ground holes in their shoulders.”
“He awoke bathed in perspiration, shivering with horror, his heart beating with fear.”
“I have written till the perspiration is running down my face - not wisely but too well.”
“a soft felt hat and mopped the perspiration from the bald top of his head.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, which is why Engineers sometimes smell really bad.”
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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