Perspiration
[pɜːspɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,pɝspə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; 'sweat poured off his brow'.
(noun.) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; 'perspiration is a homeostatic process'.
Edited by Barrett--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of perspiring.
(n.) That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Exudation, sweating.[2]. Sweat.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you will come out of some difficulty, which has caused much gossip, with new honors.
Typist: Moira
Examples
- Mr. Bumble wiped from his forehead the perspiration which his walk had engendered, glanced complacently at the cocked hat, and smiled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This is the order of nature, to prevent animals being infected by their own perspiration. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Tell the old gen'l'm'n not to put himself in a perspiration. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Well,' said Wardle, walking up to the side of the barrow, and wiping the streams of perspiration from his jolly red face; 'smoking day, isn't it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I beg your parding, young man,' said Mrs. Raddle, in a cold perspiration of anger. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When we went over it we must have been going forty miles an hour, and I could see the perspiration come out on Henderson. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We had plenty of chilly tunnels wherein to check our perspiration, though. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tears or perspiration? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The discomfort we feel in an overcrowded room is partly due to an excess of moisture in the air, resulting from the breathing and perspiration of many persons. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They looked at one another, as he used his blue cap to wipe his face, on which the perspiration had started afresh while he recalled the spectacle. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His face was ashy pale, beads of perspiration shone upon his brow, and his hands shook until the hunting-crop wagged like a branch in the wind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- His face turned of an awful whiteness all over, and great beads of perspiration broke out on his bald forehead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I never met with anything so awful as this,' thought poor Mr. Pickwick, the cold perspiration starting in drops upon his nightcap. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The perspiration broke out thickly on his broad forehead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had that tenderness for his melancholy fate, that his great red countenance used to break out into cold perspirations when she looked at him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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