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sweat

Pronunciation: /swɛt/

The English word “sweat” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
  3. Hard work; toil.
  4. Moisture issuing from any substance.
  5. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
  6. The sweating sickness.
  7. A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
  8. An extremely or excessively competitive player.

verb

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

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,…

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