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Sweat

of Sweat

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Broader term 11

Agitation 76% connected

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after…

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Condensate 76% connected

Made dense; condensed.

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Condensation 76% connected

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

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Egest 76% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Excrete 76% connected

To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Secretion 76% connected

The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.

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Toil 76% connected

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Narrower term 14

Application 76% connected

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Detrition 76% connected

A wearing off or away.

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Difficulty 76% connected

The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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Diligence 76% connected

The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Exercising 76% connected

of Exercise

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Overexertion 76% connected

Excessive exertion.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Rubbing 76% connected

of Rub

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Straining 76% connected

of Strain

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Struggle 76% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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Supererogation 76% connected

The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Manner of action 1

Swelter 76% connected

To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.

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Derivationally related 8

Diaphoresis 74% connected

Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

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Diaphoresis 74% connected

Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

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Moil 74% connected

To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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Moil 74% connected

To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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Perspiration 74% connected

The act or process of perspiring.

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Perspiration 74% connected

The act or process of perspiring.

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Stew 74% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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Stew 74% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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Substance part 1

Water 70% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Synonym 8

Effort 92% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exertion 92% connected

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fret 92% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Lather 92% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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Perspiration 92% connected

The act or process of perspiring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Perspire 92% connected

To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

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Stew 92% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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Travail 92% connected

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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