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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sweat /swɛt/USA pronunciation v., sweat or sweat•ed, sweat•ing, n. v. - Physiology to perspire, esp. freely:[no object]He was sweating and his temperature was very high.
- to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation:[no object]The cold glass was sweating in the hot room.
- Informal Terms[no object]
- to work hard.
- to be anxious or distressed
- Physiology[~ + object] to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.
- sweat off, to get rid of (weight) by or as if by sweating: [~ + off + object]trying to sweat off a few pounds.[~ + object + off]trying to sweat a few pounds off.
- sweat out, [Informal.]to await anxiously the outcome of: [~ + out + object]The election is over; now we just have to sweat out the results.[~ + object + out]to sweat the ordeal out.
n. - the moisture released from sweat glands;
perspiration:[uncountable]Sweat was pouring down his face. - hard work:[uncountable]Blood, sweat, and tears went into this house.
- Informal Termsa state of anxiety or impatience:[countable* usually singular]He was really in a sweat awaiting the results.
- Informal Terms, Clothing sweats, [plural] sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sweat (swet),USA pronunciation v., sweat or sweat•ed, sweat•ing, n., adj. v.i. - Physiologyto perspire, esp. freely or profusely.
- to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese.
- to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation.
- (of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded.
- Informal Termsto work hard.
- Informal Termsto experience distress, as from anxiety.
- (of tobacco) to ferment.
v.t. - Physiologyto excrete (perspiration, moisture, etc.) through the pores of the skin.
- to exude in drops or small particles:The drying figs sweat tiny drops of moisture.
- to send forth or get rid of with or like perspiration (often fol. by out or off).
- to wet or stain with perspiration.
- Physiologyto cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.
- to cause to exude moisture, esp. as a step in an industrial drying process:to sweat wood.
- to earn, produce, or obtain (a result, promotion, compliment, etc.) by hard work.
- Physiologyto cause to lose (weight) as by perspiring or hard work:The hard week's work sweated five pounds off him.
- to cause, force, or bring pressure on (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard.
- to employ (workers) at low wages, for long hours, or under other unfavorable conditions.
- to labor with meticulous care over:The manufacturer of this beautiful car has really sweated the details.
- Slang Terms
- to obtain or extort (money) from someone.
- to extort money from;
fleece.
- Slang Termsto subject to severe questioning;
give the third degree to. - Metallurgy
- to heat (an alloy) in order to remove a constituent melting at a lower temperature than the alloy as a whole.
- to heat (solder or the like) to melting.
- to join (metal objects) by heating and pressing together, usually with solder.
- to remove bits of metal from (gold coins) by shaking them against one another, as in a bag. Cf. clip 1 (def. 4).
- to cause (tobacco or cocoa) to ferment.
- Informal Terms no sweat, with no difficulty or problem.
- Informal Terms sweat blood:
- to be under a strain;
work strenuously. - to wait anxiously;
worry:He was sweating blood while his friend was being questioned by the police.
- sweat bullets, [Informal.]
- to sweat profusely.
- to be apprehensive;
worry.
- Informal Terms sweat it:
- to wait anxiously;
endure the best way one can:There was no news of survivors, so all we could do was sweat it. - to worry;
be apprehensive:You'll do OK, so don't sweat it.
- Informal Terms sweat out:
- to await anxiously the outcome of;
endure apprehensively:The accused sweated out the jury's deliberation. - to work arduously at or toward:The director sweated out a camera angle with the cinematographer.
n. - Physiologythe process of sweating or perspiring.
- Physiologythat which is secreted from sweat glands;
perspiration. - Physiologya state or a period of sweating.
- hard work.
- Informal Termsa state of anxiety or impatience.
- a process of inducing sweating or perspiration, or of being sweated, as in medical treatment.
- moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface.
- an exuding of moisture, as by a substance.
- an inducing of such exudation, as in some industrial process.
- a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race.
- Informal Terms, Clothing sweats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.
adj. - Clothing, Informal Terms, Informal Terms[Informal.]
- (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity.
- made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes:sweat dresses.
- of, for, or associated with such clothes:the sweat look in sportswear.
- bef. 900; 1970–75 for def. 6; (verb, verbal) Middle English sweten, Old English swǣtan to sweat, derivative of swāt (noun, nominal) ( obsolete English swote); (noun, nominal) Middle English, alteration of swote, influenced by the verb, verbal; cognate with Dutch zweet, German Schweiss, Old Norse sveiti, Sanskrit svedas; akin to Latin sūdor, Greek hidró̄s
- 29.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See perspiration.
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