perspire
to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
to emit through pores; exude.
Origin of perspire
1Other words from perspire
- per·spir·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- per·spir·a·ble, adjective
- per·spir·ing·ly, adverb
- per·spir·y, adjective
- un·per·spired, adjective
- un·per·spir·ing, adjective
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How to use perspire in a sentence
You can certainly perspire your way into needing an infusion of these substances.
The truth about hydration hacks like IV therapies, alkaline water, and more | Ellen Airhart | January 15, 2022 | Popular-ScienceWhen you perspire, it remains next-to-skin, unable to evaporate.
This New Breathable Hard Shell Is Also the Most Waterproof | wsiler | September 18, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe elderly generally don’t sweat or pump blood as efficiently as youngsters can, while children tend to perspire less and have greater surface-to-body-mass ratios.
Heat is the silent killer we should all be worried about | Rachel Feltman | June 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf you don’t want to get sweaty during your workday, simply stop before you perspire, she says.
I was beginning to perspire; for the first time, I felt a flicker of anxiety.
He had begun to perspire, and he kept running his fingers round his neck between flesh and collar.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.Mr. Wordsley began to perspire heavily, and the moisture ran down and puddled in his boots.
The Marooner | Charles A. StearnsHe does not so readily perspire excessively as other men, neither is there any want of free and easy perspiration.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus AlcottIt is a common opinion among the laboring portion of the community, that they who perspire freely, must drink freely.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus AlcottThe branch continued to "perspire" for two days, but gave off only about half the amount of water transpired by a normal branch.
British Dictionary definitions for perspire
/ (pəˈspaɪə) /
to secrete or exude (perspiration) through the pores of the skin
Origin of perspire
1Derived forms of perspire
- perspiringly, adverb
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