perspire
verb /pəˈspaɪə(r)/
/pərˈspaɪər/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they perspire | /pəˈspaɪə(r)/ /pərˈspaɪər/ |
| he / she / it perspires | /pəˈspaɪəz/ /pərˈspaɪərz/ |
| past simple perspired | /pəˈspaɪəd/ /pərˈspaɪərd/ |
| past participle perspired | /pəˈspaɪəd/ /pərˈspaɪərd/ |
| -ing form perspiring | /pəˈspaɪərɪŋ/ /pərˈspaɪərɪŋ/ |
- to produce sweat on your body synonym sweat
- The game of squash left me perspiring profusely.
- He mopped his perspiring face with a handkerchief.
- She was perspiring a little with the heat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- profusely
- freely
- …
- with
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’.