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sweat

  [swet] verb, sweat or sweat⋅ed, sweat⋅ing, noun, adjective
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–verb (used without object)
1. to perspire, esp. 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. Informal. to work hard.
6. Informal. to experience distress, as from anxiety.
7. (of tobacco) to ferment.
–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 fol. by out or off).
11. to wet or stain with perspiration.
12. to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.
13. to cause to exude moisture, esp. 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 clip 1 (def. 4).
23. to cause (tobacco or cocoa) to ferment.
–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. Informal. 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. sweats, Informal. sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.
–adjective
35. 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.
—Verb phrase
36. sweat 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.
—Idioms
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:
bef. 900; 1970–75 for def. 6; (v.) ME sweten, OE swǣtan to sweat, deriv. of swāt (n.) (> obs. E swote); (n.) ME, alter. of swote, influenced by the v.; c. D zweet, G Schweiss, ON sveiti, Skt svedas; akin to L sūdor, Gk hidrs

Related forms:
sweatless, adjective

Synonyms:
24. See perspiration.
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sweat   (swět)   
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 condense atmospheric moisture.

    1. To release moisture, as hay in the swath.

    2. To ferment, as tobacco during curing.

    3. To work long and hard.

    4. To suffer much, as for a misdeed.

  5. Informal

    1. To work long and hard.

    2. To suffer much, as for a misdeed.

  6. Informal To fret or worry.

v.   tr.

  1. To excrete (moisture) through a porous surface, such as the skin.

  2. To gather and condense (moisture) on a surface.

  3. To cause to perspire, as by drugs, heat, or strenuous exercise.

  4. To make damp or wet with perspiration.

  5. To cause to work excessively; overwork.

  6. To overwork and underpay (employees).

  7. Slang

    1. To interrogate (someone) under duress: sweated the suspected spy for hours.

    2. To extract (information) from someone under duress: The police sweated the information out of the suspect.

  8. Metallurgy To join (metal parts) by interposing cold solder and then heating.

  9. To steam (vegetables or other food).

  10. 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.

    1. The process of sweating.

    2. A condition or period of sweating: worked up a sweat raking leaves.

    3. The condition of being sweated.

  4. Strenuous, exhaustive labor; drudgery.

  5. A run given to a horse as exercise before a race.

  6. Informal An anxious, fretful condition.

  7. sweats Informal A sweatsuit.

Phrasal Verb(s):
sweat out Slang

  1. To endure anxiously: sweat out an exam.

  2. To await (something) anxiously: sweat out one's final grades.


Idiom(s):
no sweat Slang Easily done or handled.

Idiom(s):
sweat blood Informal

  1. To work diligently or strenuously.

  2. To worry intensely.


Idiom(s):
sweat bullets Slang To sweat profusely.

Idiom(s):
sweat of (one's) browHard work: "keep what they produced by the sweat of their brow" (Mario Puzo).

[Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan; see sweid- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2sweat
Function: noun
1 : the fluid excreted from the sweat glands of the skin : PERSPIRATION
2 : abnormally profuse sweating —often used in plural sweats> —sweaty /-E/ adjective sweat·i·er; -est
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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.

  1. The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.

  2. 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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Idioms & Phrases

sweat blood

  1. Also, . Work diligently or strenuously, as in The men were sweating blood to finish the roof before the storm hit. The phrase using guts was first used about 1890, and that with blood shortly thereafter.

  2. Suffer mental anguish, worry intensely, as in Waiting for the test results, I was sweating blood. This usage was first recorded in a work by D.H. Lawrence in 1924. Both usages are colloquial, and allude to the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane (Luke 22:44): "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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