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Sweating
- verb - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
- the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
Sweeping
- verb - clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor"
- cover the entire range of
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
- ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
- sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
- taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
- the act of cleaning with a broom
- to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rive
Swelling
- verb - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
- cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
- come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
- expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
- the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often acco
Swerving
- verb - the act of turning aside suddenly
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Swigging
- verb - strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
- to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"
Swilling
- verb - drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
- feed pigs
- the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
Swimming
- verb - applied to a fish depicted horizontally
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
- be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
- filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
- move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
- the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
- travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
Swinging
- verb - alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
- changing location by moving back and forth
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure"
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
- hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
- have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
- influence decisively; "This act
Swirling
- verb - flow in a circular current, of liquids
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"