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Sweat

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Noun

1. perspiration, sudor, sweat

salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

Example Sentences:
'sweat poured off his brow'

2. fret, lather, stew, sweat, swither

agitation resulting from active worry

Example Sentences:
'don't get in a stew'
'he's in a sweat about exams'

3. sweat

condensation of moisture on a cold surface

Example Sentences:
'the cold glasses were streaked with sweat'

4. effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail

use of physical or mental energy; hard work

Example Sentences:
'he got an A for effort'
'they managed only with great exertion'

Verb

5. perspire, sudate, sweat

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

Example Sentences:
'Exercise makes one sweat'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sweat

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noun
1. 
the secretion from the sweat glands, esp when profuse and visible, as during strenuous activity, from excessive heat, etc; commonly also called perspiration
▶ Related adjectives: sudatory, sudorific
2. 
the act or process of secreting this fluid
3. 
the act of inducing the exudation of moisture
4. 
drops of moisture given forth or gathered on the surface of something
5. informal
a state or condition of worry or eagerness (esp in the phrase in a sweat)
6. slang
drudgery or hard labour
mowing lawns is a real sweat!
7. mainly US
an exercise gallop given to a horse, esp on the day of a race
8. slang, mainly British
a soldier, esp one who is old and experienced
9.  no sweat!
verbWord forms: sweats, sweating, sweat or sweated
10. 
to secrete (sweat) through the pores of the skin, esp profusely
11. (transitive)
to make wet or stain with sweat
12. 
to give forth or cause to give forth (moisture) in droplets
a sweating cheese
the maple sweats sap
13. (intransitive)
to collect and condense moisture on an outer surface
a glass of beer sweating in the sun
14. (intransitive)
(of a liquid) to pass through a porous surface in droplets
15. 
(of tobacco leaves, cut and dried hay, etc) to exude moisture and, sometimes, begin to ferment or to cause (tobacco leaves, etc) to exude moisture
16. (transitive)
to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan
17. (transitive)
to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating
18. (transitive)
to heat (solder) until it melts
19. (transitive)
to heat (a partially fused metal) to extract an easily fusible constituent
20. 
to shake together (coins, esp gold coins) so as to remove particles for illegal use
21. informal
to suffer anxiety, impatience, or distress
22. informal
to overwork or be overworked
23. (transitive) informal
to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions
24. (transitive) informal
to extort, esp by torture
to sweat information out of a captive
25. (intransitive) informal
to suffer punishment
you'll sweat for this!
26.  sweat blood

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sweat

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verb intransitiveWord forms: sweat or ˈsweated, ˈsweating
1. 
to give forth a characteristic salty moisture through the pores of the skin; perspire
2. 
a. 
to give forth moisture in droplets on its surface, as a ripening cheese does
b. 
to collect and condense water in droplets on its surface, as a glass of ice water does in a warm room
3. 
to ferment
said of tobacco leaves, etc.
4. 
to come forth in drops through pores or a porous surface; ooze
5. 
to work hard enough to cause sweating
6.  Informal
to suffer distress, anxiety, etc.
verb transitive
7. 
a. 
to give forth (moisture) through pores or a porous surface
b. 
to collect and condense (moisture) on the surface
8. 
to cause to sweat, or perspire, as by drugs, exercise, heat, etc.
9. 
to cause to give forth moisture; esp., to ferment
to sweat tobacco leaves
10. 
to make wet with sweat, or perspiration
11. 
to heat (a metal) in order to extract an easily fusible constituent
12. 
a. 
to heat (solder) until it melts
b. 
to unite (metal parts) by heating at the point of contact
13. 
to remove particles of metal from (a coin) illegally, as by abrading
14. 
a. 
to cause to work so hard as to sweat; overwork
b. 
to cause (employees) to work long hours at low wages under poor working conditions; exploit (workers)
15.  US, Informal
a. 
to get information from by torture or by long, grueling questioning; subject to the third degree
b. 
to get (information) in this way
16.  Slang
to try hard or too hard to get or achieve
noun
17. 
the clear, alkaline, salty liquid given forth in drops through the pores of the skin; perspiration
18. 
moisture given forth or collected in droplets on the surface of something
19. 
a. 
the act or condition of sweating or being sweated
b. 
an artificially induced sweating
20. 
a condition of eagerness, anxiety, impatience, etc.
21. 
hard work; drudgery
22. 
exercise, as a run, given a horse before a race
23.  [pl.]
clothes worn for exercising, warming up, etc.; specif., a sweat suit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sweat

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v. sweat·ed or sweat, sweat·ing, sweats
v.intr.
1. To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.
2. To exude in droplets, as moisture from certain cheeses or sap from a tree.
3. To collect moisture in small drops from the air, as a cold water pipe.
4.
a. To release moisture, as hay in the swath.
b. To ferment, as tobacco during curing.
5. Informal To work long and hard: sweated over his term paper.
6. Informal To fret or worry: Don't sweat over the bills.
v.tr.
1.
a. To excrete (moisture) through a porous surface, such as the skin.
b. To excrete (wastes) in perspiration: sweated out the toxins in the steam room.
2. To have (moisture) condense in small drops on a surface.
3. To cause to perspire, as by drugs, heat, or strenuous exercise: Running for the train got me sweated up.
4. To make damp or wet with perspiration: His shirt was sweated.
5.
a. To cause to work excessively; overwork.
b. To overwork and underpay (employees).
6. Slang
a. To interrogate (someone) under duress: sweated the suspected spy for hours.
b. To extract (information) from someone under duress: The police sweated the information out of the suspect.
7. Metallurgy To join (metal parts) by interposing cold solder and then heating.
8. To steam (vegetables or other food).
9. Informal To fret or worry about: Don't sweat the details.
n.
1. The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.
2. Condensation of moisture in the form of droplets on a surface.
3.
a. The process of sweating.
b. A condition or instance of sweating: worked up a sweat raking leaves.
4. Strenuous labor or exertion: It took a lot of sweat to move the piano.
5. A run given to a horse as exercise before a race.
6. Informal An anxious, fretful condition: got myself in a sweat over the deadline.
7. sweats Informal
a. A sweatsuit.
b. Sweatpants.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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