Sweat

  • 31sweat — noun 1》 moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, especially as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, or anxiety. 2》 informal hard work; laborious effort.     ↘a state of anxiety or distress. 3》 (sweats) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a… …

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  • 32sweat — [[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)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33sweat — [c]/swɛt / (say swet) verb (sweat or sweated, sweating) –verb (i) 1. to excrete watery fluid through the pores of the skin, as from heat, exertion, etc.; perspire, especially freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a… …

  • 34Sweat — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sweat est le terme anglophone pour sueur, il est utilisé également pour : Sweat, un vêtement de sport (sweat shirt) SWEAT, l acronyme anglais pour… …

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  • 35sweat — Synonyms and related words: BO, abide, ado, agitation, agonize, aim, all overs, anguish, anxiety, await, bake, be determined, be in heat, beaded brow, beads of sweat, befuddlement, bewilderment, bide, blaze, bleed, bloom, body odor, boil, bother …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 36sweat — n. 1) to break out in a cold sweat 2) beads of sweat 3) (misc.) by the sweat of one s brow ( by working very hard ) * * * [swet] beads of sweat to break out in a cold sweat (misc.) by the sweat of one s brow ( by working very hard ) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 37sweat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. perspire; run, exude, secrete, ooze, drip; bead, dew, wet; informal, drudge, overwork; suffer, extract; force out; exploit. n. perspiration, sudor, exudation; informal, exertion, toil, sweat of one s… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38sweat — 1. noun /swɛt/ a) 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. When the sweat comes… …

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  • 39sweat — [OE] Sweat is part of a widespread family of ‘sweat’ words that goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *sweid , *swoid . Other members include Greek hidrós, Latin sūdor (source of English exude [16]), Welsh chwys, Latvian… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40sweat — v 1. perspire, Obs. sudate; swelter, drip with sweat, Sl. sweat bullets. 2. execrate, exude, transude, ooze; distill, condense. 3.Informal. drudge, work hard, grind, grub, toil, moil, plod, slog, peg, Inf. plug along, Brit. Sl. swot; slave, sweat …

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