perspiration
noun/ˌpɜːspəˈreɪʃn/
/ˌpɜːrspəˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable]- drops of liquid that form on your skin when you are hot synonym sweat
- Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead.
- Her skin was damp with perspiration.
Extra Examples- Great beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead.
- He wiped the perspiration from his brow.
- Her face was wet with perspiration.
- My shirt was soaked in perspiration.
- Perspiration broke out on my skin.
- Perspiration ran down his face.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of perspiration- bead
- drop
- wipe
- absorb
- wick away
- …
- drip down something
- run down something
- trickle down something
- …
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- the act of perspiring
- Perspiration cools the skin in hot weather.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of perspiration- bead
- drop
- wipe
- absorb
- wick away
- …
- drip down something
- run down something
- trickle down something
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’.
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