Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Perspire

//pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. ambitransitive

    "I was perspiring freely after running the marathon."

  2. 2
    excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin wordnet
  3. 3
    To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin. intransitive

    "A fluid perspires."

  4. 4
    To cause (someone) to sweat. ambitransitive, rare

    "Outside his window a long, humid summer, the first hot season of the third millennium, baked and perspired."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.

See also for "perspire"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: perspire