zweten — meaning in English

English meaning

• ooze verb To leak or flow out slowly, especially a thick or sticky substance.
• stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
• sweat noun The salty liquid released through the skin, usually from heat, exercise, or stress.

Senses

zweten is used for these senses in English:

• stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
• sweat (intransitive) To emit sweat.
• sweat (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.

ooze — full definition

1. verb To leak or flow out slowly, especially a thick or sticky substance.
2. verb To display a quality very strongly and noticeably.
3. noun Soft, wet mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a river, lake, or seabed.

stew — full definition

1. noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
2. verb To cook food slowly in liquid over low heat.
3. verb To worry or fret anxiously about something.

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