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Definition of 'sweat'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) sweat
to perspire, esp. freely.

2.  sweat
to exude moisture, as green plants.

3.  sweat
to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation.

4.  sweat
(of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded.

5.  sweat
Informal.

6.  sweat
to work hard.

7.  sweat
to be anxious or distressed.

8. (v.t.) sweat
to excrete (moisture) through the pores of the skin.

9.  sweat
to exude in drops or small particles.

10.  sweat
to wet or stain with perspiration.

11.  sweat
to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.

12.  sweat
to earn or obtain by hard work.

13.  sweat
to cause to exude moisture, esp. as a step in an industrial drying process:
to sweat wood.

14.  sweat
to force (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard; overwork.

15.  sweat
Slang. to subject to severe questioning; give the third degree to.

16.  sweat
to heat (an alloy) in order to remove a constituent that melts at a lower temperature than the alloy as a whole.

17.  sweat
to heat (solder or the like) to melting.

18.  sweat
to join (metal objects) by heating and pressing together, usu. with solder.

19.  sweat
sweat off, to get rid of (weight) by or as if by sweating.

20.  sweat
Informal.

21.  sweat
to await anxiously the outcome of.

22.  sweat
to work arduously at.

23. (n.) sweat
that which is secreted from sweat glands; perspiration.

24.  sweat
a state or a period of sweating.

25.  sweat
hard work.

26.  sweat
Informal. a state of anxiety or impatience.

27.  sweat
moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface.

28.  sweat
an exuding of moisture, as by a substance.

29.  sweat
a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race.

30.  sweat
sweats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.

31.  sweat
to be under a strain; work strenuously.

32.  sweat
to wait anxiously; worry.

33.  sweat
to wait anxiously; worry.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME sweten, OE swæmacr;tan to sweat, der. of swāt (n.), c. OFris, OS swēt, OHG sweiz; akin to ON sveiti, L sūdor, Gk hidrṒs)

Definition of 'sweat'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) perspiration, sweat, sudor
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
"sweat poured off his brow"

2. (noun) fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither
agitation resulting from active worry
"don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"

3. (noun) sweat
condensation of moisture on a cold surface
"the cold glasses were streaked with sweat"

4. (verb) effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

5. (verb) sweat, sudate, perspire
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
"Exercise makes one sweat"

Definition of 'sweat'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) sweat
drops of liquid on your skin when you exercise or do physical work
drops of sweat on his forehead; She wiped the sweat out of her eyes.

2.  sweat
a time when a lot of sweat comes from the body
night sweats

3.  sweat
break out in a sweat
to start sweating
She broke out in a cold sweat.

4. (verb) sweat
to produce sweat from your body
He was sweating heavily/profusely.

5.  sweat
don't sweat it
used to tell sb not to worry
Don't sweat it - it's not a problem.

Definition of 'sweat'

Webster Dictionary

1. sweat
of Sweat

2. (verb) sweat
to excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire

3. (verb) sweat
fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge

4. (verb) sweat
to emit moisture, as green plants in a heap

5. (verb) sweat
to cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics

6. (verb) sweat
to emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude

7. (verb) sweat
to unite by heating, after the application of soldier

8. (verb) sweat
to get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers

9. (verb) sweat
the fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration

10. (verb) sweat
the act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery

11. (verb) sweat
moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack

12. (verb) sweat
the sweating sickness

13. (verb) sweat
a short run by a race horse in exercise

Definition of 'sweat'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. sweat
The fluid excreted by the SWEAT GLANDS. It consists of water containing sodium chloride, phosphate, urea, ammonia, and other waste products.

Translation of 'sweat'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the moisture given out through the skin He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.
Afrikaans: sweet	Arabic: عَرَق الجِسْم	Bulgarian: пот
Brazilian: suor	Czech: pot	German: der Schweiß
Danish: sved	Greek: ιδρώτας	Spanish: sudor
Estonian: higi	Farsi: عرق بدن	Finnish: hiki
French: sueur	Hebrew: זֵיעָה	Hindi: पसीना, स्वेद, प्रस्वेद, स
Croatian: znoj, znojenje	Hungarian: izzadság	Indonesian: keringat
Icelandic: sviti	Italian: sudore	Japanese: 汗
Korean: 땀	Lithuanian: prakaitas	Latvian: sviedri
Malay: peluh	Dutch: zweet	Norwegian: svette
Polish: pot	Persian: عرق بدن	Pashto: د بدن خولی
Portuguese: suor	Romanian: transpiraţie	Russian: пот; испарина
Slovak: pot	Slovenian: znoj	Serbian: znoj
Swedish: svett	Thai: เหงื่อ	Turkish: ter
Taiwanese: 汗(水)	Ukrainian: піт, випоти	Urdu: پسینہ
Vietnamese: mồ hôi	Chinese: 汗（水）
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