noun

sweating

SWEH-tihng

noun

The process of releasing sweat through the skin, usually to cool the body.

"Excessive sweating during the workout left him dehydrated."

A cooking technique of gently heating vegetables in fat until soft, without browning them.

"Start the recipe by sweating the onions in butter for five minutes."

How to Use Sweating

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishProducing sweat, or a cooking method of softening vegetables gently in fat.

Common pairings

sweating the onions sweating profusely

more sweating comparative, sweatings plural, most sweating superlative

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Excessive _____ during the workout left him dehydrated.

From "sweat" plus the "-ing" ending, from Middle English sweting.

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