Definitions for sweating
sweat·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis(noun)

   the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

   "perspiration is a homeostatic process"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sweating(Noun)

   the production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.

2. sweating(Adjective)

   of or relating to one who is sweating

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sweating

   of Sweat

2. Sweating

   a. & n. from Sweat, v

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sweating

   Perspiration is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: Eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body. In humans, sweating is primarily a means of thermoregulation which is achieved by the water-rich secretion of the eccrine glands. Maximum sweat rates of an adult can be up to 2-4 liters per hour or 10-14 liters per day Evaporation of sweat from the skin surface has a cooling effect due to the evaporation of water. Hence, in hot weather, or when the individual's muscles heat up due to exertion, more sweat is produced. Animals with few sweat glands, such as dogs, accomplish similar temperature regulation results by panting, which evaporates water from the moist lining of the oral cavity and pharynx. Primates and horses have armpits that sweat like those of humans. Although sweating is found in a wide variety of mammals, relatively few, such as humans and horses, produce large amounts of sweat in order to cool down. A study has discovered that men, on average, start perspiring much more quickly than women, then twice as much when they are in the middle of exercising at the same relative intensity. When men and women exercise at the same absolute intensity there are no differences in sweating responses.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sweating

   The process of exocrine secretion of the SWEAT GLANDS, including the aqueous sweat from the ECCRINE GLANDS and the complex viscous fluids of the APOCRINE GLANDS.

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sweating

   A word used in the original Biblical sense, and applied to the unhealthy conditions which obtain among the denizens of the East End of London, specifically the Jewish tailors, numbers of whom work together in the fœtid atmosphere of a single small room.

How to pronounce sweating?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sweating in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sweating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sweating in a Sentence

1. Carolanne Caron:

   The biggest issue people forget is that they are sweating when they are working out in the water.

2. Marchello Faulkner:

   I did a messed up move by laying him down because he kept saying, 'I'm fixing to die, I'm fixing to die,' he started sweating even more. His body and face started turning purple and the man lost his bowels, then his eyes go in back of his head (and) he stopped breathing.

3. Anuj Somany:

   Malingerers are flying and enjoying on the foreign shore whereas sincere employees are toiling and sweating in the market and shop floor in the private sector organization.

4. Jasper Lawler:

   British corporate executives will be sweating before the release (of Labour's manifesto), the more extreme the Labour manifesto, the more volatility we'd expect to see in the pound and UK shares when the polls tighten closer to election day. We still favour a break above 1.30 in sterling but stand ready to reverse that call if Labour's manifesto can capture the public's imagination.

5. Cardiologist Dr. Kevin Campbell:

   Our bodies are designed to cool themselves through sweating. In cases of an extreme heat stroke, a person may actually notice they are no longer sweating.

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