sweat (sw t)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. 4. a. To release moisture, as hay in the swath. b. To ferment, as tobacco during curing. 5. Informal a. To work long and hard. b. 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 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. 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. 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 period of sweating: worked up a sweat raking leaves. c. 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. 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 Easily done or handled. sweat blood Informal 1. To work diligently or strenuously. 2. To worry intensely. sweat bullets Slang To sweat profusely. sweat of (one's) brow Hard work: "keep what they produced by the sweat of their brow" (Mario Puzo). [Middle English sweten, from Old English sw  tan; see sweid- in Indo-European roots.] |
sweat [swɛt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the secretion from the sweat glands, esp when profuse and visible, as during strenuous activity, from excessive heat, etc.; commonly also called perspiration Related adjs sudatory, sudorific
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Individual Sports & Recreations / 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
no sweat! (interjection) Slang an expression suggesting that something can be done without problems or difficulty
vb sweats, sweating ; sweat, sweated
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to secrete (sweat) through the pores of the skin, esp profusely
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (tr) to make wet or stain with sweat
3. to give forth or cause to give forth (moisture) in droplets a sweating cheese the maple sweats sap
4. (intr) to collect and condense moisture on an outer surface a glass of beer sweating in the sun
5. (intr) (of a liquid) to pass through a porous surface in droplets
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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
7. (Cookery) (tr) to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan
8. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating
9. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to heat (solder) until it melts
10. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to heat (a partially fused metal) to extract an easily fusible constituent
11. to shake together (coins, esp gold coins) so as to remove particles for illegal use
12. Informal to suffer anxiety, impatience, or distress
13. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Informal to overwork or be overworked
14. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (tr) Informal to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions
15. (tr) Informal to extort, esp by torture to sweat information out of a captive
16. (intr) Informal to suffer punishment you'll sweat for this!
| sweat (swt) 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. |
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
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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" |
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
Translations
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
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
sweat
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
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
n sweat [swet]
the moisture given out through the skin He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat. sweet عَرَق الجِسْم пот pot sved der Schweiß ιδρώτας sudor higi عرق بدن hiki sueur זֵיעָה पसीना, स्वेद, प्रस्वेद, स्वेदन रोग, कठिन काम, कठिन परिश्रम, परिश्रमी व्यक्ति znoj, znojenje izzadság keringat sviti sudore 汗 땀 prakaitas sviedri peluh zweet svette pot suor transpiraţie пот; испарина pot znoj znoj svett เหงื่อ ter 汗(水) піт, випоти پسینہ mồ hôi 汗（水）
v
1 to give out sweat Vigorous exercise makes you sweat. sweet يُبَلِّلُ بالعَرَق изпотявам се potit se svede schwitzen ιδρώνω sudar higistama عرق كردن hikoilla suer לְהַזִיע पसीना बबहना, पसीना बहाना znojiti se izzad berkeringat svitna sudare 汗をかく 땀을 흘리다 prakaituoti svīst berpeluh zweten svette pocić się suar a asuda, a transpira потеть potiť sa znojiti se znojiti se svettas ทำให้เหงื่อออก terlemek 出汗 потіти, пітніти پسینہ نکلنا đổ mồ hôi 出汗
2 to work hard I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night. werk hard يَكْدَح، يَعْمَلُ عَملا شاقّا прен. трепя се dřít (se) svede sich schinden ιδρώνω, κοπιάζω sudar la gota gorda, matarse a trabajar rügama جان كندن raataa suer sur לְהַזִיע कठिन परिश्रम करना mučiti se keményen dolgozik bekerja keras sveitast, þræla sudare, sgobbare 仕事に励む 열심히 일하다 plušėti pūlēties; smagi strādāt bekerja keras zwoegen svette over, slite med pracować w pocie czoła trabalhar duro a trudi, a munci din greu потеть над чем-л. drieť (sa) potiti se vredno raditi slita ทำงานหนัก çok çalışmak, ter dökmek 努力工作 потіти над سخت محنت کرنا làm việc vất vả 努力工作
n sweater
any kind of knitted pullover or jersey. trui, oortrektrui صِدار، كَنْزَة صوف пуловер svetr sweater der Sweater πουλόβερ suéter, jersey sviiter پليور villapusero tricot סְווֶדֶר स्वेटर, गर्म ऊनी वस्त्र,शोषक džemper pulóver sweater peysa maglione セーター 스웨터 megztinis svīteris baju sejuk trui genser; kofte, strikkejakke sweter camisola pulover, jerseu свитер sveter pulover džemper tröja, sweater เสื้อที่ถักด้วยขนสัตว์ süveter, kazak 毛線衫 светр سوءیٹر áo len dài tay 毛线衫
adj sweaty
wet or stained with, or smelling of, sweat sweaty clothes/bodies. sweetagtig مُبْتَل بالعَرَق، مُسَبِّب للعَرَق потен propocený, zpocený svedig verschwitzt που μυρίζει ιδρώτα sudoroso, sudado higine, leemendav خيس عرق hikinen moite de sueur מְכוּסֶה זֵיעָה पसीनेभर, प्रस्वेदित znojan, uznojen (át)izzadt penuh keringat sveittur; svitastorkinn sudato 汗臭い 땀 투성이의, 땀 냄새가 나는 prakaituotas sviedrains; piesviedrēts berpeluh zweterig svett spocony, zapocony suado transpirat потный prepotený, spotený znojen znojav svettig ที่เปียกเหงื่อ terli, ter içinde 汗濕透的 пітний, спітнілий پسینے میں تر đầy mồ hôi 汗湿透的
n sweatiness
sweetagtigheid تَبَلُّل بالعَرَق запотеност zpocenost det at være svedig die Werschwitztheit ιδρωτίλα sudor higisus خيسي hikisyys moiteur (de transpiration) הָזַעֲה पसीना znojnost izzadtság keadaan berkeringat sviti l'essere sudato 汗臭さ 땀투성이임 prakaitavimas sviedrainība berpeluh zweterigheid det å være svett/fuktig zapocenie suor transpiraţie потливость spotenosť oznojenost oznojenost svettighet ภาวะเหงื่อออก terlilik 汗濕(味) спітнілість عرق آلود ہونا sự đầm đìa mồ hôi 汗湿（味）
a cold sweat
(coldness and dampness of the skin when a person is in) a state of shock, fear etc. koue sweet عَرَق الخَوْف والبَرْد студена пот studený pot koldsved der Angstschweiß λουσμένος σε κρύο ιδρώτα sudor frío külm higi عرق سرد tuskanhiki sueur froide זֵיעָה קָרָה डर इत्यादि के मारे आने वाला पसीना hladan znoj hideg verejték ketakutan kaldur sviti sudore freddo 冷汗 식은 땀 šaltas prakaitas auksti sviedri ketakutan angstzweet kaldsvette zimny pot um suor frio transpiraţie rece холодный пот studený pot hladen znoj hladan znoj kallsvett ภาวะความตื่นตกใจกลัว soğuk ter 一身冷汗 холодний піт بے ہوشی یا خوف وغیرہ کا ٹھنڈا پسینہ trạng thái toát mồ hôi vì bệnh hoặc sợ 一身冷汗
sweat → عرق, يَعْرَق pot, zpotit (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, ทำให้เหงื่อออก ter, terlemek mồ hôi, toát mồ hôi 出汗, 汗水
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