Dictionary Entry
perspire
perspire is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
- 2intransitive verb
To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
- 3transitive verb
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
- 4verb
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
"Exercise makes one sweat"
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