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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.
Informal. 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.
to 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.
to cause (tobacco or cocoa) to ferment.
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is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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.
adjective
Verb phrases 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.
36.
Idioms 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.
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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sweat (swɛt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the secretion from the sweat glands, esp when profuse and visible, as during strenuous activity, from excessive heat, etc; commonly also called perspirationRelated: 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. | chiefly (US) an exercise gallop given to a horse, esp on the day of a race |
| 8. | slang chiefly (Brit) a soldier, esp one who is old and experienced |
| 9. | slang (interjection) no sweat! an expression suggesting that something can be done without problems or difficulty |
| —vb , sweats, sweating, sweat, sweated | |
| 10. | to secrete (sweat) through the pores of the skin, esp profusely |
| 11. | (tr) 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. | (intr) to collect and condense moisture on an outer surface: a glass of beer sweating in the sun |
| 14. | (intr) (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. | (tr) to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan |
| 17. | (tr) to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating |
| 18. | (tr) to heat (solder) until it melts |
| 19. | (tr) 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. | informal (tr) to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions |
| 24. | informal (tr) to extort, esp by torture: to sweat information out of a captive |
| 25. | informal (intr) to suffer punishment: you'll sweat for this! |
| 26. | informal sweat blood |
| a. to work very hard | |
| b. to be filled with anxiety or impatience | |
| Related: sudatory, sudorific | |
| [Old English swætan to sweat, from swāt sweat; related to Old Saxon swēt, Old Norse sveiti, Old High German sweiz, Latin sūdor, Sanskrit svedas] | |
| 'sweatless | |
| —adj | |
| sweat off or sweat away | |
| —vb | |
| informal (tr, adverb) to get rid of (weight) by strenuous exercise or sweating | |
| sweat away or sweat away | |
| —vb | |
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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
PIE *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
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