PERSPIRATION


Meaning of PERSPIRATION in English

noun

… OF PERSPIRATION

▪ bead , drop

Great beads of ~ trickled down his forehead.

VERB + PERSPIRATION

▪ wipe

He wiped the ~ from his brow.

▪ absorb

▪ wick away ( esp. AmE )

▪ be bathed in , be drenched in , be soaked in

My shirt was soaked in ~.

▪ be damp with , be wet with , glisten with

Her face was wet with ~.

PERSPIRATION + VERB

▪ drip down sth , run down sth , trickle down sth

Perspiration ran down his face.

▪ break out , form

Perspiration broke out on my skin.

Beads of ~ had formed on his forehead.

▪ glisten

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