sweat

[[t]swɛt[/t]]

v. sweat sweat•ed, sweat•ing,

1) phl to perspire, esp. freely

2) to exude moisture, as green plants

3) to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation

4) (of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded

5) inf Informal.

a) to work hard

b) to be anxious or distressed

6) phl to excrete (moisture) through the pores of the skin

7) to exude in drops or small particles

8) to wet or stain with perspiration

9) phl to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire

10) to earn or obtain by hard work

11) to cause to exude moisture, esp. as a step in an industrial drying process:

to sweat wood[/ex]

12) to force (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard; overwork

13) sts Slang. to subject to severe questioning; give the third degree to

14) mel

a) to heat (an alloy) in order to remove a constituent that melts at a lower temperature than the alloy as a whole

b) to heat (solder or the like) to melting

c) to join (metal objects) by heating and pressing together, usu. with solder

15) phv sweat off, to get rid of (weight) by or as if by sweating

16) phv sweat out, Informal.

a) to await anxiously the outcome of

b) to work arduously at

17) that which is secreted from sweat glands; perspiration

18) phl a state or a period of sweating

19) hard work

20) inf Informal. a state of anxiety or impatience

21) moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface

22) an exuding of moisture, as by a substance

23) a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race

24) cvb inf clo sweats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like

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- sweat blood sweat it

Etymology: bef. 900; ME sweten, OE swǣtan to sweat, der. of swāt (n.), c. OFris, OS swēt, OHG sweiz; akin to ON sveiti, L sūdor, Gk hidrṓs syn: See perspiration