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perspirings

perspirings is the plural of perspiring.

Meaning of perspiring

Noun

perspiring (countable and uncountable, plural perspirings)

  1. The act of producing perspiration.
    • Yet for all that they did not live an idle life: they found the means of making their retirement more useful to mankind than the perspirings and runnings to and fro of other men: wherefore these persons are thought to have done great things, in spite of their having done nothing of a public...2015, Seneca (in translation), Dialogues (page 173)
    Synonyms:
    sweating

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Questions about perspirings

What is perspirings the plural of?
Perspirings is the plural of perspiring.

Words near perspirings in the dictionary

  1. perspirer
  2. perspirers
  3. perspires
  4. perspiring
  5. perspiringly
  6. perspirings
  7. perspiry
  8. Persse
  9. perst
  10. perstat
  11. PERSTATs

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