perspire

Verb

Meaning

To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sweat sudate sun grill char warm steam emit melt glow pour ignite flush boil secrete
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Antonyms

reduce screen block cold DRY freezing
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Hypernyms

pass eliminate excrete egest

Hyponyms

swelter

Related terms

inspire conspire perspiration transpire respire

Derivatives

perspired perspiring

Examples

In tropical climes There are certain times Of day When all the citizens retire To take their clothes off and perspire. It's one of those rules That the greatest fools Obey, Because the sun is far too sultry And one must avoid its ultry- Vi'let ray. Noël Coward

Exercise makes one sweat Source: Internet

Early hominids likely possessed fur similar to other large apes, but about 2.5 million years ago they developed a greater distribution of sweat glands that enabled them to perspire over most of the body. Source: Internet

" where Willow and Tara chant and perspire in a circle of light until Willow falls back on a pillow gasping and moaning. Source: Internet

The forest laments in order that Mr Gladstone may perspire." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

perspiration-inhibiting perspirative perspiratory perspirer perspiring perspiringly