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
Your feet might not get as drenched as your head, but they will perspire enough to require shoes that will offset the wet.
Sometimes, when perspiring heavily and feeling warm Breman would fear the worst.
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe bowed and sat down, white and perspiring at every pore, and hardly knowing to what he had committed himself.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesSo when he was not perspiring over a spade or eating or sleeping he wandered about the place in his most restless mood.
Jaffery | William J. Locke
The transference of it from ship to shore and from shore to ship is a matter of awful noise and perspiring confusion.
Jaffery | William J. LockeIt was this latter that particularly angered Harvey, as he paused, perspiring, from his work.
The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley Smith
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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