Definitions for sweat
sweat
sweat
Spelling: [swet]
IPA: /swɛt/
Sweat is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 74 anagrams from letters in sweat (aestw).
Definitions for sweat
noun
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the process of sweating or perspiring.
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that which is secreted from sweat glands; perspiration.
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a state or a period of sweating.
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hard work.
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Informal. a state of anxiety or impatience.
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a process of inducing sweating or perspiration, or of being sweated, as in medical treatment.
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moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface.
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an exuding of moisture, as by a substance.
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an inducing of such exudation, as in some industrial process.
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a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race.
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sweats, Informal. sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.
Idioms
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no sweat, Informal. with no difficulty or problem.
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sweat blood, Informal.
to be under a strain; work strenuously.
to wait anxiously; worry:
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sweat bullets, Informal.
to sweat profusely.
to be apprehensive; worry.
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sweat it, Informal.
to wait anxiously; endure the best way one can:
to worry; be apprehensive:
adjective
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Informal.
(of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity.
made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes:
of, for, or associated with such clothes:
Verb phrases
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sweat out, Informal.
to await anxiously the outcome of; endure apprehensively:
to work arduously at or toward:
verb (used with object)
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to excrete (perspiration, moisture, etc.) through the pores of the skin.
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to exude in drops or small particles:
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to send forth or get rid of with or like perspiration (often followed by out or off).
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to wet or stain with perspiration.
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to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.
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to cause to exude moisture, especially as a step in an industrial drying process:
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to earn, produce, or obtain (a result, promotion, compliment, etc.) by hard work.
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to cause to lose (weight) as by perspiring or hard work:
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to cause, force, or bring pressure on (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard.
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to employ (workers) at low wages, for long hours, or under other unfavorable conditions.
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to labor with meticulous care over:
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Slang.
to obtain or extort (money) from someone.
to extort money from; fleece.
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Slang. to subject to severe questioning; give the third degree to.
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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.
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to remove bits of metal from (gold coins) by shaking them against one another, as in a bag.
Compare clip1 (def 4).
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to cause (tobacco or cocoa) to ferment.
verb (used without object)
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to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
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to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese.
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to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation.
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(of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded.
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Informal. to work hard.
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Informal. to experience distress, as from anxiety.
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(of tobacco) to ferment.
Origin of sweat
before 900; 1970-75 for def 6; (v.) Middle English sweten, Old English swǣtan to sweat, derivative of swāt (noun) (> obsolete English swote); (noun) Middle English, alteration of swote, in
Examples for sweat
sweat poured from underneath his helmet and down the thin points of his sandy blond hair.
Great beads of sweat stood on his brow and he wiped them away with his sleeve.
I tried to relax too, but I felt my stomach tighten and I began to sweat.
He wipes beads of sweat from his brow, and extends his hand out towards the crowd.
The sweat oozed from his shiny forehead as he backed cautiously away.
The sweat glistened on their bodies, but their eyes gleamed fanatically.
Then I saw a bead of sweat trickle down his forehead, and I knew that he was beaten.
For nearly her entire life Beyoncé has been giving us her blood, sweat, and tears in her career.
And how much do you need to sweat to stave off the disease that kills 500,000 people every year?
It was terrible work, like earning a living with the sweat of the brow.