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sweat
(swĕt)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.
Phrasal Verb: 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.
sweat out Slang
Idioms: 1. To endure anxiously: sweat out an exam.
2. To await (something) anxiously: sweat out one's final grades.
no sweat Slang
1. Easily done or handled.
2. Used to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
sweat blood Informal
1. To work diligently or strenuously.
2. To worry intensely.
sweat bullets Slang
1. To sweat profusely.
2. To worry intensely.
sweat of (one's) brow
Hard work: landscaped the yard by the sweat of my brow.
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sweat
(swɛt)n
1. (Physiology) the secretion from the sweat glands, esp when profuse and visible, as during strenuous activity, from excessive heat, etc; commonly also called perspiration.
2. (Physiology) 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. (Horse Racing) chiefly US an exercise gallop given to a horse, esp on the day of a race
8. (Military) slang chiefly Brit a soldier, esp one who is old and experienced
9. no sweat! (interjection) slang an expression suggesting that something can be done without problems or difficulty
vb, sweats, sweating, sweat or sweated
10. (Physiology) to secrete (sweat) through the pores of the skin, esp profusely
11. (Physiology) (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. (Biochemistry) (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. (Cookery) (tr) to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan
17. (Metallurgy) (tr) to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating
18. (Metallurgy) (tr) to heat (solder) until it melts
19. (Metallurgy) (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. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal to overwork or be overworked
23. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (tr) informal to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions
24. (tr) informal to extort, esp by torture: to sweat information out of a captive.
25. (intr) informal to suffer punishment: you'll sweat for this!.
26. sweat blood informal
a. to work very hard
b. to be filled with anxiety or impatience
[Old English swætan to sweat, from swāt sweat; related to Old Saxon swēt, Old Norse sveiti, Old High German sweiz, Latin sūdor, Sanskrit svedas]
ˈsweatless adj
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sweat
(swɛt)v. sweat sweat•ed, sweat•ing, v.i.
1. to perspire, esp. freely.
2. to exude moisture, as green plants.
3. to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation.
4. (of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded.
5. Informal.
v.t. a. to work hard.
b. to be anxious or distressed.
6. to excrete (moisture) through the pores of the skin.
7. to exude in drops or small particles.
8. to wet or stain with perspiration.
9. to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.
10. to earn or obtain by hard work.
11. to cause to exude moisture, esp. as a step in an industrial drying process: to sweat wood.
12. to force (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard; overwork.
13. Slang. to subject to severe questioning; give the third degree to.
14.
a. to heat (an alloy) in order to remove a constituent that melts 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, usu. with solder.
15. sweat off, to get rid of (weight) by or as if by sweating.
16. sweat out, Informal.
n. a. to await anxiously the outcome of.
b. to work arduously at.
17. that which is secreted from sweat glands; perspiration.
18. a state or a period of sweating.
19. hard work.
20. Informal. a state of anxiety or impatience.
21. moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface.
22. an exuding of moisture, as by a substance.
23. a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race.
24. sweats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.
Idioms: 1. sweat blood, Informal.
a. to be under a strain; work strenuously.
b. to wait anxiously; worry.
2. sweat it, Informal. to wait anxiously; worry.
[before 900; Middle English sweten, Old English swǣtan to sweat, derivative of swāt (n.), c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon swēt, Old High German sweiz; akin to Old Norse sveiti, Latin sūdor, Greek hidrṓs]
syn: See perspiration.
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sweat
(swĕt) The salty liquid given off by glands in the skin of mammals. As sweat evaporates, the skin cools, resulting in a reduction of body heat. ♦ The glands in the skin that secrete sweat are called sweat glands.
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Sweat
See Also: SMELLS
- Beads of perspiration, like seed pearls —Dorothea Straus
- Beads of sweat gathered on his brow like tiny blisters —William Styron
- Beads of sweat … popped on his forehead like tiny, glistening prairie dogs —Joan Hess
- Beads of sweat, tiny as dewdrops —Leigh Allison Wilson
- (My forehead) bubbled sweat like a burning plastic bag —Ira Wood
- Cold sweat burst from his pores, trickling down his back like ice water —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- A drop of it [sweat] hung like a Christmas tree ornament from the tip of his nose —Jonathan Valin
- Feel the sweat like needles at my hair-roots —Randall Jarrell
- Fine beads of sweat glistened [on a man’s mustache] like little brilliants —Jessamyn West
- Glistening with sweat like a circus seal —Ralph Ellison
- Little pears of sweat had popped out like a corona around his shiny skull —Harvey Swados
- Looked as if it would cost a thousand dollars to shake hands with him —Raymond Chandler
- Small beads of sweat adorn his bald head like pearls on a bright dress —Erich Maria Remarque
See Also: BALDNESS
- Sweat clings like a crystal fixture to his receding brow —Mary Morris
- Sweat collects in pores like ink does on fingerprints —Noel Behn
- The sweat coming out on his face like somebody had squeezed it —Ernest Hemingway
- Sweat crawling, like a procession of spiders and ants —George Garrett
- Sweated like a coolie —Richard Wilbur
- Sweated with self-consciousness and the effort to be suave, like a teenager dancing with a haughty girl —Derek Lambert
- Sweating freely … like a squeezed sponge —Ben Ames Williams
- Sweating like a swamp rat —Norman Mailer
- Sweating like a very fat man in a Turkish bath —Kingsley Amis
- Sweating like Judas —Samuel Beckett
- Sweat like black plates under his arms —Ian Kennedy Martin
- Sweat poured out … like a sprinkler —Andrew Kaplan
- Sweat poured like rain —Ken Stabler, football quarterback and Berry Stainback, writer
- Sweat ran down like water down a hill —American negro ballad “John Henry”
In the original of this famous ballad ‘water’ was spelled ‘watah.’
- The sweat ran over my back and down my arms and legs, branching, like an upside-down tree —Eudora Welty
- Sweats like a mother of six, preparing lunch —Ira Wood
- Sweat was pouring from his body like water coming out of a showerhead —Ann Petry
- Sweat was running down behind his ears and under his collar like cold, restless worms —Margaret Millar
- Under each arm of his striped shirt there was a dark semicircle like a stain of secret guilt —Margaret Millar
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
sweat
Past participle: sweated
Gerund: sweating
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
sweat
To cook vegetables very slowly in butter or oil.
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| Noun | 1. |  sweat - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"secretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
| 2. |  sweat - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | |
| 3. | sweat - condensation of moisture on a cold surface; "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" condensate, condensation - atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | |
| 4. |  sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" struggle - strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" difficulty, trouble - an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" least effort, least resistance - the least effortful way to do something exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout - the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" pull - a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it" diligence, application - a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application" overkill - any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal supererogation - an effort above and beyond the call of duty overexertion - excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results | |
| Verb | 1. | sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" swelter - suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach" sweat off - lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" |
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sweat
noun
1. perspiration, moisture, dampness, exudation, diaphoresis (Medical), sudor (Medical) He wiped the sweat off his face and looked around.
verb
1. perspire, swelter, sweat like a pig (informal), sweat buckets (informal), break out in a sweat, exude moisture, be pouring with sweat, glow Already they were sweating as the sun beat down upon them.
2. (Informal) worry, fret, agonize, lose sleep over, be on tenterhooks, torture yourself, be on pins and needles (informal) It gives sales chiefs something to sweat about.
no sweat (Informal) no problem (informal), it's nothing, you're welcome, it's a pleasure `Many thanks.' 'No sweat.'
sweat something out (Informal) endure, see (something) through, stick it out (informal), stay the course I just had to sweat it out and hope.
Related words
adjective sudorific
adjective sudorific
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sweat
verbphrasal verb
sweat outnoun
1. Moisture excreted through the pores of the skin:
2. Informal. Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:
Chiefly British: fag.
Idiom: sweat of one's brow.
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Translations
potpotit sedřít
svedsvede
ŝviti
hikihikoillaraataa
זיעהלהזיע
znojznojiti se
keményen dolgozik
svitisvitnasveitast, òræla
汗汗をかく
땀땀을 흘리다
sudor
prakaituotasšaltas prakaitas
pūlētiessmagi strādātsviedrisvīst
znojznojiti se
potznoj
svettsvettas
เหงื่อเหงื่อออก
mồ hôitoát mồ hôi
sweat
[swet]A. N
1. → sudor m
to be in a sweat → estar sudando, estar todo sudoroso (fig) → estar en un apuro
to be in a sweat about sth → estar muy preocupado por algo
to get into a sweat → empezar a sudar
to get into a sweat about sth → apurarse por algo
by the sweat of one's brow → con el sudor de su frente
see also cold
to be in a sweat → estar sudando, estar todo sudoroso (fig) → estar en un apuro
to be in a sweat about sth → estar muy preocupado por algo
to get into a sweat → empezar a sudar
to get into a sweat about sth → apurarse por algo
by the sweat of one's brow → con el sudor de su frente
see also cold
2. (= piece of work) → trabajo m difícil, trabajo m pesado
what a sweat that was! → eso ¡cómo nos hizo sudar!
we had such a sweat to do it → nos costó hacerlo
no sweat! → ¡ningún problema!
what a sweat that was! → eso ¡cómo nos hizo sudar!
we had such a sweat to do it → nos costó hacerlo
no sweat! → ¡ningún problema!
3. old sweat → veterano m
4. sweats (US) = sweatsuit, sweatpants
B. VI → sudar, transpirar (= work hard) → sudar la gota gorda (over sth por algo) they will lose everything they have sweated for → van a perder todo lo que tanto sudor les ha costado conseguir
he was sweating buckets or like a pig → estaba sudando tinta or como un pollo
he was sweating buckets or like a pig → estaba sudando tinta or como un pollo
D. CPD sweat gland N → glándula f sudorípara
sweat out VT + ADV to sweat a cold/fever out → quitarse un resfriado/la fiebre sudando
to sweat it out → aguantar, aguantarse
we'll let him sweat it out for a couple of weeks → lo vamos a dejar que sufra un par de semanas, vamos a dejarlo sufrir un par de semanas
they left him to sweat it out → no hicieron nada para ayudarlo
to sweat it out → aguantar, aguantarse
we'll let him sweat it out for a couple of weeks → lo vamos a dejar que sufra un par de semanas, vamos a dejarlo sufrir un par de semanas
they left him to sweat it out → no hicieron nada para ayudarlo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sweat
[ˈswɛt] n → sueur f
to be in a sweat (= be sweating) → être en sueur
to be in a sweat about sth (= anxious) → se faire du mauvais sang à propos de qch
no sweat (= no problem) → pas de souci
to be in a sweat (= be sweating) → être en sueur
to be in a sweat about sth (= anxious) → se faire du mauvais sang à propos de qch
no sweat (= no problem) → pas de souci
vi → suer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sweat
n
→ Schweiß m no pl; (on walls) → (Kondens)wasser nt; drops/beads of sweat → Schweißtropfen pl → /-perlen pl; his face was running with sweat → der Schweiß rann ihm von der Stirn; by the sweat of one’s brow (fig) → im Schweiße seines Angesichts (liter); to be in a sweat (lit, fig) → schwitzen; to get into a sweat about something (fig) → wegen etw ins Schwitzen geraten or kommen; no sweat (inf) → kein Problem
(inf: = work) what a sweat that was! → das war eine Heidenarbeit! (inf); that’s too much sweat for me → das ist mir zu anstrengend
vi (person, animal, wall) → schwitzen (→ with vor +dat); (fig inf: = work hard) → sich abrackern (inf) → (over mit); (= worry) → zittern, schwitzen (inf) (→ with vor +dat); to sweat like a pig (inf) → wie ein Affe schwitzen (inf)
vt horse, athlete → schwitzen lassen; (pej) worker → für einen Hungerlohn arbeiten lassen; recruit → schleifen (inf); to sweat buckets (inf) → wie ein Affe schwitzen (inf); to sweat blood (with worry) → Blut und Wasser schwitzen; (with effort, work) → sich abrackern (inf); don’t sweat him (US inf) → mach dir wegen dem keinen Kopf (inf)
sweat
:sweat lodge
n → Schwitzhütte f
sweat pants
pl (esp US) → Jogginghose f
sweatshirt
n → Sweatshirt nt; (Sport) → Trainingspullover m
sweatshop
n (pej, hum inf) → Ausbeuterbetrieb m (pej)
sweatsuit
n (Sport) → Trainingsanzug m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sweat
[swɛt]1. n → sudore m
by the sweat of one's brow → con il sudore della fronte
to get in or into a sweat about sth (fam) → farsi prendere dal panico per qc
in a sweat → in un bagno di sudore
to be in a cold sweat (also) (fig) → avere i sudori freddi
it was a real sweat! → è stata una faticaccia!
no sweat! (fam) → non ci sono problemi!
by the sweat of one's brow → con il sudore della fronte
to get in or into a sweat about sth (fam) → farsi prendere dal panico per qc
in a sweat → in un bagno di sudore
to be in a cold sweat (also) (fig) → avere i sudori freddi
it was a real sweat! → è stata una faticaccia!
no sweat! (fam) → non ci sono problemi!
2. vi (person) → sudare; (walls) → trasudare (fam) (work hard) to sweat (over sth) → sudare (su qc)
to sweat like a pig → essere in un bagno di sudore, sudare sette camicie
to sweat like a pig → essere in un bagno di sudore, sudare sette camicie
3. vt to sweat blood (fig) (work hard) → sudare sangue; (be anxious) → sudare freddo
to sweat it out (fig) (fam) → armarsi di pazienza
to sweat it out (fig) (fam) → armarsi di pazienza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sweat
(swet) noun the moisture given out through the skin. He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.
verb1. to give out sweat. Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.
2. to work hard. I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.
ˈsweater noun any kind of knitted pullover or jersey.
ˈsweaty adjective wet or stained with, or smelling of, sweat. sweaty clothes/bodies.
ˈsweatiness nouna cold sweat
(coldness and dampness of the skin when a person is in) a state of shock, fear etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sweat
→ عَرَق, يَعْرَقُ pot, potit se sved, svede Schweiß, schwitzen ιδρώνω, ιδρώτας sudar, sudor hiki, hikoilla suer, sueur znoj, znojiti se sudare, sudore 汗, 汗をかく 땀, 땀을 흘리다 zweet, zweten svette pot, spocić się suar, suor пот, потеть svett, svettas เหงื่อ, เหงื่อออก ter, terlemek mồ hôi, toát mồ hôi 出汗, 汗水Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sweat
n. sudor, secreción de las glándulas sudoríparas;
cold ___ → ___ -es fríos;
night ___ -s → ___ -es nocturnos;
v. sudar; hacer sudar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sweat
n sudor m; night sweats sudoración nocturna, sudores nocturnos; vi (pret & pp sweat o sweated) sudarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.