English Explanatory Dictionary

sweat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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 is sweating; diaphoresis.
Hard work; toil.
Moisture issuing from any substance.
A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
The sweating sickness.
A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
An extremely or excessively competitive player.

verb

To emit sweat.
To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
To cause to perspire.
To work hard.
To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
To worry.
To worry about (something).
To emit, in the manner of sweat.
To emit moisture.
To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
To solder (a pipe joint) together.

name

A surname.

Pronunciation

swĕt /swɛt/ en-us-sweat.ogg

Word forms

sweat sweats sweating sweated sweaten

Etymology

From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with West Frisian swit, Dutch zweet, German Schweiß, Danish sved, Norwegian Bokmål svette, Norwegian Nynorsk sveitte, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.

Synonyms

sudor perspiration tryhard perspire slave slog bleed fret worry

Related words

shvitz 💦

Derived words

antisweat besweat blood sweat bloody sweat break a sweat cold sweat corn sweat don't sweat it English sweat fetid sweat flop sweat forswat in a sweat muck sweat never-sweat no sweat old sweat outsweat Picardy sweat sweat angel sweatball sweatband sweat batten sweat bee sweatbox sweat box sweat cloth sweat-dappled sweatdrop sweatee sweatful sweat gland sweat hole sweathouse sweatish sweatless sweatlike sweat lodge sweatlord sweatmeat sweat of one's brow sweat of the brow sweatpant sweat pants sweatpants sweat pore sweatproof sweat rash sweat scraper sweatshirt sweatshop sweatsoaked sweat sock sweatstained sweatsuit sweat trousers sweatworking sweaty tiger sweat asweat

Translations

Aramaic: ܕܥܬ Catalan: suar Dutch: zwoegen Finnish: raataa Hungarian: robotol Hungarian: éhbérért dolgozik Macedonian: се поти Malayalam: വിയർക്കുക Polish: pocić się Portuguese: suar Russian: вка́лывать Russian: горба́титься Russian: иша́чить Russian: паха́ть Russian: манту́лить Spanish: sudar Tamil: வியர்க்க Turkish: ter dökmek

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