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Sweating Meaning, Causes, and Effective Remedies (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：perspiring (Sweating)

Sweating 🔊

/ˈswɛtɪŋ/

n./v.

When your body gets hot, it releases water through your skin to cool down.

Sweating from exercise on a treadmill - medical illustration

perspiring 🔊

➕

/pərˈspaɪrɪŋ/

n./v.

The natural process of releasing moisture through the skin to cool the body when it becomes hot due to exercise, heat, or fever.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'swætan' meaning 'to sweat'. The suffix '-ing' forms the present participle or gerund.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'sweat' + 'ing': when you heat up, you sweat. Drop the silent 'e' and add 'ing'.

📖 Example

After running for 20 minutes on the treadmill, he was sweating heavily and needed a towel. 🔊 After running for 20 minutes on the treadmill, he was perspiring heavily and needed a towel.

🔗 Collocations

sweat profusely – to perspire heavily

break a sweat – to begin to sweat, usually from exercise

sweat glands – small organs in the skin that produce sweat

🔄 Synonyms

perspire (v.) – to release sweat through the skin

glow (v.) – to have a light sweat, often from warmth or exertion

🚫 Antonyms

chill (v.) – to become cold, opposite of sweating

freeze (v.) – to become very cold, causing shivering instead of sweating

🌱 Derivatives

sweat (n.) – the salty liquid released through the skin

sweaty (adj.) – covered or wet with sweat

📖 Cultural Story

In medieval medicine, sweating was believed to expel bodily toxins. The phrase 'sweating bullets' (coined in the 1800s) vividly describes extreme nervousness.

Meaning 2：fretting (Sweating)

Sweating 🔊

/ˈswɛtɪŋ/

n./v.

Feeling very nervous or worried, often causing physical reactions like damp hands.

Nervous sweating while working - close-up of damp palms

fretting 🔊

➕

/ˈfrɛtɪŋ/

n./v.

To feel extreme nervousness or worry, often accompanied by physical signs such as damp palms, increased heart rate, or sweating.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Before her big exam, she was sweating over the difficult questions she might face. 🔊 Before her big exam, she was fretting over the difficult questions she might face.

🔗 Collocations

sweat bullets – to be extremely anxious or scared

sweat it out – to endure a difficult or tense situation until it ends

in a cold sweat – suddenly sweating due to fear or shock

🔄 Synonyms

worry (v.) – to feel anxious or troubled about something

agonize (v.) – to suffer extreme anxiety or distress

🚫 Antonyms

relax (v.) – to become calm and free from tension

compose oneself (v.) – to calm down and regain control

🌱 Derivatives

sweat (n.) – a state of anxiety or stress (e.g., 'in a sweat')

sweaty palms (n.) – hands that are damp from nervousness