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Dictionary: per·spire   (pər-spīr') pronunciation

v., -spired, -spir·ing, -spires.

v.intr.
To excrete perspiration through the pores of the skin.

v.tr.
To expel through external pores; exude.

[Latin perspīrāre, to blow steadily : per-, through; see per- + spīrāre, to breathe.]


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verb

    To excrete moisture through the pores of the skin: lather, sweat. See dry/wet.

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v

Definition: become wet with sweat
Antonyms: dry


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - svede, transpirere
v. tr. - svede

Nederlands (Dutch)
transpireren

Français (French)
v. intr. - transpirer
v. tr. - transpirer

Deutsch (German)
v. - transpirieren, schwitzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (εφ)ιδρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sudare, traspirare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perspirar

Русский (Russian)
потеть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - transpirar, sudar
v. tr. - transpirar, sudar, exhalar, exudar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svettas, utdunsta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
出汗, 流汗, 分泌, 渗出, 辛劳, 苦干, 出

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 出汗, 流汗, 分泌, 滲出, 辛勞, 苦幹
v. tr. - 出, 分泌, 滲出

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 땀을 흘리다, 발한 시키다, 배어 나오다
v. tr. - 발한하다, 증발하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 汗をかく, 発汗する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفرز عرقا, عرقا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הזיע‬
v. tr. - ‮הזיע‬


 
 
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