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verb (used without object)
1.
to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
2.
to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese.
3.
to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation.
4.
(of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded.
5.
EXPANDInformal. to work hard.
verb (used with object)
8.
to excrete (perspiration, moisture, etc.) through the pores of the skin.
9.
to exude in drops or small particles: The drying figs sweat tiny drops of moisture.
10.
to send forth or get rid of with or like perspiration (often followed by out or off).
11.
to wet or stain with perspiration.
12.
EXPANDto cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.
13.
to cause to exude moisture, especially as a step in an industrial drying process: to sweat wood.
14.
to earn, produce, or obtain (a result, promotion, compliment, etc.) by hard work.
15.
to cause to lose (weight) as by perspiring or hard work: The hard week's work sweated five pounds off him.
16.
to cause, force, or bring pressure on (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard.
17.
to employ (workers) at low wages, for long hours, or under other unfavorable conditions.
18.
to labor with meticulous care over: The manufacturer of this beautiful car has really sweated the details.
19.
Slang.
a.
to obtain or extort (money) from someone.
b.
to extort money from; fleece.
20.
Slang. to subject to severe questioning; give the third degree to.
21.
Metallurgy.
a.
to heat (an alloy) in order to remove a constituent melting at a lower temperature than the alloy as a whole.
b.
to heat (solder or the like) to melting.
c.
to join (metal objects) by heating and pressing together, usually with solder.
22.
to remove bits of metal from (gold coins) by shaking them against one another, as in a bag. Compare clip1 (def. 4).
23.
COLLAPSEto cause (tobacco or cocoa) to ferment.
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Sweating
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noun
24.
the process of sweating or perspiring.
25.
that which is secreted from sweat glands; perspiration.
26.
a state or a period of sweating.
27.
hard work.
28.
EXPANDInformal. a state of anxiety or impatience.
29.
a process of inducing sweating or perspiration, or of being sweated, as in medical treatment.
30.
moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface.
31.
an exuding of moisture, as by a substance.
32.
an inducing of such exudation, as in some industrial process.
33.
a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race.
34.
COLLAPSEadjective
Verb phrase35.
Informal.
a.
(of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity.
b.
made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses.
c.
of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.
36.
Idiomssweat out, Informal.
a.
to await anxiously the outcome of; endure apprehensively: The accused sweated out the jury's deliberation.
b.
to work arduously at or toward: The director sweated out a camera angle with the cinematographer.
37.
no sweat, Informal. with no difficulty or problem.
38.
sweat blood, Informal.
a.
to be under a strain; work strenuously.
b.
to wait anxiously; worry: He was sweating blood while his friend was being questioned by the police.
39.
sweat bullets, Informal.
a.
to sweat profusely.
b.
to be apprehensive; worry.
40.
sweat it, Informal.
a.
to wait anxiously; endure the best way one can: There was no news of survivors, so all we could do was sweat it.
b.
to worry; be apprehensive: You'll do OK, so don't sweat it.
Origin:
before 900; 1970–75 for def. 6; (v.) Middle English sweten, Old English swǣtan to sweat, derivative of swāt (noun) (> obsolete English swote); (noun) Middle English, alteration of swote, influenced by the v.; cognate with Dutch zweet, German Schweiss, Old Norse sveiti, Sanskrit svedas; akin to Latin sūdor, Greek hidrṓs
before 900; 1970–75 for def. 6; (v.) Middle English sweten, Old English swǣtan to sweat, derivative of swāt (noun) (> obsolete English swote); (noun) Middle English, alteration of swote, influenced by the v.; cognate with Dutch zweet, German Schweiss, Old Norse sveiti, Sanskrit svedas; akin to Latin sūdor, Greek hidrṓs
Related forms
sweat·less, adjective
non·sweat·ing, adjective
un·sweat·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
sweat
O.E. swætan "perspire, work hard." The noun is from O.E. swat "sweat" (which became M.E. swote, but altered under the influence of the verb), from P.Gmc. *swaita (cf. O.S., O.Fris. swet, O.N. sveiti, Dan. sved "sweat," Swed. svett, M.Du. sweet, Du. zweet, O.H.G. sweiz, Ger. Schweiß), from
EXPANDPIE *sweid-/*swoid- (cf. Skt. svedah "sweat," Avestan xvaeda- "sweat," Gk. hidros "sweat, perspiration," L. sudor, Lett. swiedri, Welsh chwys "sweat"). Meaning "to be worried, vexed" is recorded from c.1400. Sweatshirt first recorded 1929; sweatpants is from 1957. Sweat equity is from 1968.
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Medical Dictionary
sweat (swět)
v. sweat·ed or sweat, sweat·ing, sweats
To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire. n.
The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.
The process of sweating.
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Science Dictionary
sweat  (swět) Pronunciation Key
The salty liquid given off by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. As sweat evaporates, the skin cools, causing a reduction in body heat. |
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Slang Dictionary
sweat definition
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