perspired
perspired is the simple past and past participle of perspire.
Meaning of perspire
Verb
perspire (third-person singular simple present perspires, present participle perspiring, simple past and past participle perspired)
- To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
- I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.
- Synonyms:
- sweat
- To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
- A fluid perspires.
- To cause (someone) to sweat.
- Outside his window a long, humid summer, the first hot season of the third millennium, baked and perspired.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3
- Synonyms:
- sweat
Questions about perspired
- What is perspired the simple past and past participle of?
- Perspired is the simple past and past participle of perspire.
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