Definition of sweat Sweat
/swɛˈt/ - [swet] - sweat
We found 35 definitions of sweat from 8 different sources.
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What does sweat mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: sweats |
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| sweat - condensation of moisture on a cold surface; "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" | ||
| sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" | ||
| effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail | ||
| toil, labour, labor 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 the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" | ||
| least effort, least resistance the least effortful way to do something | ||
| straining, strain an intense or violent exertion | ||
| exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout, exercise 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 the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" | ||
| diligence, application conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation | ||
| 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 | ||
| sweat - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow" | ||
| perspiration, sudor | ||
| secretion a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell | ||
| sweat - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" | ||
| fret, stew, lather, swither | ||
| agitation the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | ||
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| sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" | ||
| sudate, perspire | ||
| egest, excrete, eliminate, pass eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" | ||
| sweat off lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" | ||
| swelter suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sweat (Noun)
Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. - sweat (Noun)
A soldier especially one who is old or experienced. - sweat (Noun)
The sweating sickness . - sweat (Verb)
To emit sweat. - sweat (Verb)
To work hard. - sweat (Verb)
To worry. - sweat (Verb)
To emit, in the manner of sweat. - sweat (Verb)
To emit moisture. - sweat (Verb)
To solder a pipe joint together. - sweat (Verb)
To stress out . - sweat (Verb)
To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sweat (imp. & p. p.)
of Sweat - sweat (v. i.)
To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. - sweat (v. i.)
Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. - sweat (v. i.)
To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. - sweat (v. t.)
To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. - sweat (v. t.)
To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. - sweat (v. t.)
To unite by heating, after the application of soldier. - sweat (v. t.)
To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers. - sweat (v. i.)
The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration. - sweat (v. i.)
The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery. - sweat (v. i.)
Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack. - sweat (v. i.)
The sweating sickness. - sweat (v. i.)
A short run by a race horse in exercise.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sweat
A fluid that is secreted by sweat glands in the skin in order to regulate body temperature. -
sweat
To secrete sweat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sweat
swet, n. the moisture from the skin, the state of one who sweats, diaphoresis: labour: drudgery.—v.i. to give out sweat or moisture: to toil, drudge for poor wages: to suffer penalty, smart.—v.t. to give out, as sweat: to cause to sweat: to squeeze money or extortionate interest from, to compel to hard work for mean wages: to wear away or pare down by friction or other means, as coins: to scrape the sweat from a horse.—ns. Sweat′er, one who sweats, or that which causes sweating, a diaphoretic: a heavy kind of jersey used by persons in training for athletic contests, to reduce their weight: one who sweats coins: a London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded weak passengers with his sword-point; Sweat′iness; Sweat′ing-bath, a bath to promote perspiration; Sweat′ing-house, -room, a house, room, for sweating persons: a room for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices; Sweat′ing-sick′ness, an extremely fatal epidemic disorder which ravaged Europe, and esp. England, in the 15th and 16th centuries—a violent inflammatory fever, with a fetid perspiration over the whole body; Sweat′ing-sys′tem, the practice of working poor people at starvation wages, esp. in making up clothes in their own houses.—adj. Sweat′y, wet with sweat: consisting of sweat: laborious. [A.S. swát, sweat, swǽtan, to sweat; Dut. zweet; Low Ger. sweet, Ger. schweiss.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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sweat
No sweat, no sweet.
Wikipedia 
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Sweat is a liquid, mostly water (can contain body salts), that comes from the body when it is hot. It comes from pores in the skin. These pores are so small they can not be seen. Skin has a lot of pores. Sweat is salty.
Sweat comes out when the body is hot because it helps cool it down. The sweat takes the heat from the body when it evaporates (turns to gas).
Some people think sweat makes a person smell bad. Many people use special sprays to stop this from happening. Deodorants hide the odor of sweat. Anti-perspirants stop the body from sweating.
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