Standard Lemma guide

sweating

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈswɛtɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S W EH1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Giving off sweat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asweat, sudorific, sudoriferous, sweaty

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perspiration, diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sudoresis

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Mucilage, especially of cocoa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of sweat

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • perspiration is a homeostatic process

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perspiration, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity

Narrower terms: hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis

History

Etymology

From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: potící — giving off sweat
  • Esperanto: ŝvita — giving off sweat
  • Gujarati: રેબઝેબ (rebjheb) — giving off sweat
  • Ido: sudorifanta — giving off sweat
  • Arabic: عَرَق (ʕaraq) — bodily process
  • Bashkir: тирләү (tirləw) — bodily process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流汗 (liúhàn) — bodily process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汗 (hàn) — bodily process
  • Czech: pocení — bodily process
  • Dutch: zweet — bodily process
  • Finnish: hikoilu — bodily process
  • Finnish: hikoileminen — bodily process
  • French: transpiration — bodily process
  • Galician: transpiración — bodily process
  • German: Schwitzen — bodily process
  • Greek: εφίδρωση (efídrosi) — bodily process
  • Hungarian: izzadás — bodily process
  • Hungarian: verítékezés — bodily process
  • Ido: sudorifo — bodily process
  • Irish: allas — bodily process
  • Italian: sudore — bodily process
  • Japanese: 汗 (ase) — bodily process
  • Korean: 땀 (ttam) — bodily process
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transpirasjon — bodily process
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: transpirasjon — bodily process
  • Portuguese: suor — bodily process
  • Portuguese: transpiração — bodily process
  • Portuguese: perspiração — bodily process
  • Russian: поте́ние (poténije) — bodily process
  • Sanskrit: स्वेद (svéda) — bodily process
  • Spanish: sudoración — bodily process
  • Spanish: transpiración — bodily process
  • Swedish: svettning — bodily process