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1. (v.i.) perspire
to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin; sweat.
2. (v.t.) perspire
to emit through pores; exude.
Etymology: (1640–50; < F perspirer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sweat, sudate, perspire
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
"Exercise makes one sweat"
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1. (verb) perspire
to sweat
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1. (verb) perspire
to excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat
2. (verb) perspire
to be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires
3. (verb) perspire
to emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores
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Sense: to lose moisture through the skin when hot; to sweat
He was perspiring in the heat.
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 Afrikaans: sweet |
 Arabic: يَعْرَق |
 Bulgarian: потя се |
 Brazilian: transpirar |
 Czech: potit se |
 German: schwitzen |
 Danish: svede |
 Greek: ιδρώνω |
 Spanish: transpirar |
 Estonian: higistama |
 Farsi: عرق کردن |
 Finnish: hiota |
 French: transpirer |
 Hebrew: לְהַזִיע |
 Hindi: पसीना बहाना, पसीना आना |
 Croatian: znojiti se, iznojavati |
 Hungarian: izzad |
 Indonesian: berkeringat |
 Icelandic: svitna |
 Italian: sudare |
 Japanese: 汗をかく |
 Korean: 땀을 흘리다, 발한하다 |
 Lithuanian: prakaituoti |
 Latvian: svīst |
 Malay: berpeluh |
 Dutch: transpireren |
 Norwegian: svette |
 Polish: pocić się |
 Persian: عرق کردن |
 Pashto: خوله كيدل، خوله كول، لندو |
 Portuguese: transpirar |
 Romanian: a transpira |
 Russian: потеть |
 Slovak: potiť sa |
 Slovenian: znojiti se |
 Serbian: znojiti se |
 Swedish: svettas, transpirera |
 Thai: เหงื่อออก |
 Turkish: terlemek |
 Taiwanese: 排汗，流汗 |
 Ukrainian: пітніти; упрівати |
 Urdu: پسيجنا، پسينہ آنا |
 Vietnamese: đổ mồ hôi |
 Chinese: 排汗，流汗 |
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