Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "sweating" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Causes

body odors

Causes Desire

cool off get clean have shower take shower

Coordinate Terms

boiling frying sautéing steaming

Derived Terms

Picardy sweating sickness sweating industry sweating iron sweating sickness

Derived From

sweat

Inflected/Variant Forms

sweat

Context

botany

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity bodily function bodily process body process

Type Of (IsA)

involuntary bodily function secreting spewing way way of regulating body temperature

Related Terms

cocoa evaporation excrete fluid mammal mucilage production sweat sweat gland watery

Synonym Network

perspiration

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