sweat
IPA: swˈɛt
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.
- The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.
- (figurative) Hard work; toil.
- (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.
- A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
- (historical) The sweating sickness.
- (Britain, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
- (video games, slang) An extremely or excessively competitive player.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To emit sweat.
- (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- To cause to perspire.
- (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
- (video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
- (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
- (intransitive, informal) To worry.
- (transitive, informal) To worry about (something).
- (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
- (intransitive) To emit moisture.
- (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
- (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- (transitive, slang) To stress out, to put under pressure.
- (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
- (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
- (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
- (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.
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Examples of "sweat" in Sentences
- The blood goes into the sweat glands.
- This is the most common sweat gland in the body.
- The younger characters seethe in doubt and sweat.
- The sweat on the external part of the strand evaporates.
- I just wiped the perspiration off like it was cold sweat.
- In sweat glands, the receptors are of the muscarinic type.
- It is caused by the deposition of lipofuscin in the sweat glands.
- Like the palm, the sweat pores of the sole lack sebaceous glands.
- Sweat is also excreted from the body by epithelial cells in the sweat glands.
- Mexican farmers had it okay, but now they work in sweat shops making our junk.
- Wipe the sweat of your brow, and stop looking for the tag for personal attacks.
- Most of them are devoted participants who return every month, but for a few others the sweat is a new experience.
- He claimed that Sunanda Pushkar has four per cent shares in the company which he described as sweat equity and not free equity.
- Aw man, the sweat is pouring down my back now, I'm having crazy hot flashes, and I'm so nervous that I can't even dial my momma on the phone.
- CONNICK: I'm telling you, you know, they offered him the opportunity with Habitat you have to put in what they call sweat equity and help build your own house.
- Declaring "sweat is my sanity," Palin also said some of her worst days on the campaign trail were those when McCain staffers did not schedule time for her to run.
- This fluid can therefore no longer find its way through them, though they still give passage to the humour which we call sweat; and especially so when the body is heated, and the mouths of the small vessels are dilated.
- The key though is that they use non-Writers Guild underpaid writers who actually tried to sue a number of the producers of shows like "The Bachelor" in -- about a year or so ago because they said they worked in what they called sweat shop/labor conditions.
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