Sweat - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |swet|  American pronunciation of the word sweat
Brit.  |swet|  British pronunciation of the word sweat
irregular verb:  p.t. — sweated  p.p. — sweated

noun

- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands (syn: perspiration)
sweat poured off his brow
- agitation resulting from active worry (syn: fret, lather, stew)
he's in a sweat about exams
- condensation of moisture on a cold surface
the cold glasses were streaked with sweat
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work (syn: effort, exertion, travail)

verb

- excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin (syn: perspire)
Exercise makes one sweat

Extra examples

He sweats a lot when he exercises.

They sweated and saved so their children could go to college.

We'll let them sweat a while longer.

We'll let them sweat it out for a while longer.

“The car won't start—what are we going to do?” “Don't sweat it. I know all about fixing cars.”

We were drenched in sweat after the workout.

The runners were dripping with sweat.

Her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

It took a lot of sweat and toil to build the house.

We helped them not with money but with our blood and sweat.

His forehead was dripping sweat.

His face was all spattered with dirt and lined with sweat.

The green meadows lay in morning chill and cooling sweats.

He sweated plentifully during the night, and the fever left him.

I was sweating a lot despite the air-conditioning.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sweat
he/she/it: sweats
present participle: sweating
past tense: sweated
past participle: sweated
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