Sign 68 of 441 in the Auslan Medical Dictionary

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Keywords: phew, hot, strenuous, perspire, heat, perspiration, sweat

Sign Definition

As a Noun

  1. The salty, colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid. English = sweat, perspiration.
  2. Of the weather or air in a room, the quality of being hot. English = heat.

As a Verb or Adjective

  1. To have sweat come through your skin because your are hot, ill, or afraid. English = sweat, perspire.
  2. To involve a lot of work and activity, especially if that is likely to make you sweat. English = (be) strenuous.
  3. Of the weather, to have a high temperature, especially high enough to make you sweat. English = (be) hot.

Interactive

  1. Used alone to express the fact that you are hot or relieved. English = 'Phew!'