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unsweating

unsweating is the present participle and gerund of unsweat.

Meaning of unsweat

Verb

unsweat (third-person singular simple present unsweats, present participle unsweating, simple past and past participle unsweated)

  1. (transitive) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
    • The interim of unsweating themselves regularly, and convenient rest before meat, may both with profit and delight be taken up in recreating and composing their travel'd Spirit[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To remove solder from a joint that has been previously soldered together.
    • They were to "unsweat" a joint of the old return line by heating the solder and then to install a T valve. To unsweat, appellant used a Prestolite tank which produced a flame of sufficient heat to melt the solder on the sweat units.1967, The Federal Reporter, page 460

Adjective

unsweating (not comparable)

  1. Not sweating.

Questions about unsweating

What does unsweating mean?
Unsweating means not sweating.
What is unsweating the present participle and gerund of?
Unsweating is the present participle and gerund of unsweat.
What part of speech is unsweating?
Unsweating is an adjective.

Words near unsweating in the dictionary

  1. unswear
  2. unswearing
  3. unswears
  4. unsweat
  5. unsweated
  6. unsweating
  7. unsweats
  8. unsweepable
  9. unsweet
  10. unsweeten
  11. unsweetened

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