perspire (verb)

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• perspire — ► VERB ▪ give out sweat through the pores of the skin. ORIGIN Latin perspirare, from spirare breathe …   English terms dictionary

• perspire — verb it s natural to perspire under these hot lights Syn: sweat, be dripping/pouring with sweat, glow …   Thesaurus of popular words

• perspire — verb to emit sweat or perspiration through the skins pores Syn: sweat See Also: conspire, inspire, respire, perspiration …   Wiktionary

• perspire — verb ADVERB ▪ heavily, profusely ▪ He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely. ▪ freely ▪ excessively ▪ a little …   Collocations dictionary

• perspire — verb give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress. Derivatives perspiration noun perspiratory adjective Origin C17: from Fr. perspirer, from L. perspirare, from per through + spirare breathe …   English new terms dictionary

• perspire — verb (I) to become wet on parts of your body, especially because you are hot or have been doing hard work; sweat 1 (1) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• perspire — [[t]pə(r)spa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] perspires, perspiring, perspired VERB When you perspire, a liquid comes out on the surface of your skin, because you are hot or frightened. [FORMAL] He began to perspire heavily. [V ing] ...mopping their perspiring brows …   English dictionary

• perspire — UK [pə(r)ˈspaɪə(r)] / US [pərˈspaɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms perspire : present tense I/you/we/they perspire he/she/it perspires present participle perspiring past tense perspired past participle perspired to produce liquid on your skin as …   English dictionary

• perspire — [c]/pəˈspaɪə / (say puh spuyuh) verb (perspired, perspiring) –verb (i) 1. to excrete watery fluid through the pores; sweat. –verb (t) 2. to emit through pores; exude. {Latin perspīrāre, literally, breathe through} …  

• perspire — intransitive verb (perspired; perspiring) Etymology: French perspirer, from Middle French, from Latin per through + spirare to blow, breathe more at per Date: circa 1682 to emit matter through the skin; specifically to secrete and emit… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• perspire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exude, sweat, exhale, excrete, swelter. See excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. secrete, exude, lather; see sweat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. sweat, *break a sweat, glow, secrete, drip,… …   English dictionary for students