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sweat¹
- /swɛt/
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
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, Portuguese suor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.
noun sweats
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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.
Similar: perspiration
- The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis. Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.
- Hard work; toil.
- Moisture issuing from any substance. The Muses' friend (grey-eyed Aurora) yet Held all the meadows in a cooling sweat, The milk-white gossamers not upwards snow'd, Nor was the sharp and useful-steering goad
- A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. A Horſe that gains Fleſh in hard Exerciſe, should be ſweated at leaſt twice in ten Days; and he ſhould run near five Miles in Puſhes, that the Sweat may have Time to diſcharge. Those Horſes which are ſweat without Covering, or with a very thin one, should run a long Sweat, as wel call it, and ſtand
- The sweating sickness. When the sweat comes back this summer, 1528, people say, as they did last year, that you won't get it if you don't think about it.
- A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
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An extremely or excessively competitive player.
Casuals believe that sweats are ruining Fortnite. Sweats think that casuals just need to get better at the game. It's a never-ending debate that will never end, despite what anyone tries to say, but it's worth taking a look at regardless.
Similar: tryhard
Similar: sudor
sweat²
- /swɛt/
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”). Compare Dutch zweten, German schwitzen, Danish svede. Doublet of shvitz.
verb sweats · sweating · sweated · sweat
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To emit sweat.
Similar: perspire
- To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- To cause to perspire. His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
- To work hard. I've been sweating over my essay all day.
- To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. There's no way we can win. These guys are sweating so hard.
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To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
to sweat a spendthrift
Similar: bleed
- To worry.
- To worry about (something). Don't sweat it!
- To emit, in the manner of sweat. to sweat blood
- To emit moisture. The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.
- To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. Coasters are a good way to stop a sweating glass from damaging your table.
- To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- To stress out, to put under pressure. Stop sweatin' me!
- To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. Sweating is a generally a quiet operation; if the food is whispering, or worse, hissing, the moisture is probably evaporating too rapidly
- To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal. The only use of it [money] which is interdicted is to put it in circulation again after having diminished its weight by sweating, or otherwise, because the quantity of metal contains is no longer consistent with its impression.
- To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
- To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. A Horſe that gains Fleſh in hard Exerciſe, should be ſweated at leaſt twice in ten Days; and he ſhould run near five Miles in Puſhes, that the Sweat may have Time to diſcharge. Those Horſes which are ſweat without Covering, or with a very thin one, should run a long Sweat, as wel call it, and ſtand
Sweat³
proper noun Sweats
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sudor, perspire, perspiration, fret, diaphoresis, hidrosis, lather, water, stew, swither, travail, elbow grease, exertion, effort, burn, disease
noun
Similar: sudor
Translations
Every language
noun fluid that exits the body through pores
| Español | sudor, jumpi, trasudor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 땀 ttam |
| 日本語 | 汗 ase |
| 中文 | 汗 hàn, 汗水 hànshuǐ |
| हिन्दी | पसीना pasīnā |
| Kiswahili | jasho, hari |
| Português | suor |
| Français | sueur, transpiration |
| Deutsch | Schweiß, Schwitze |
| Italiano | sudore |
| Ελληνικά | ιδρώτας idrótas |
| Română | sudoare, transpirație |
| Русский | пот pot, испа́рина ispárina |
| Tiếng Việt | mồ hôi |
| العربية | عَرَق ʕaraq |
| עברית | זיעה \ זֵעָה ze'á |
verb informal: to work hard
| Español | sudar |
|---|---|
| Português | suar |
| Русский | вка́лывать vkályvatʹ, горба́титься gorbátitʹsja, иша́чить išáčitʹ, паха́ть paxátʹ, манту́лить mantúlitʹ |
verb to emit sweat
| Español | sudar, transpirar, trasudar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 땀을 흘리다 ttam-eul heullida |
| 日本語 | 汗をかく ase o kaku |
| 中文 | 流汗 liúhàn, 發汗 /发汗 fāhàn, 出汗 chūhàn |
| हिन्दी | पसीजना pasījnā |
| Kiswahili | -toa jasho |
| Português | transpirar, suar |
| Français | transpirer, suer |
| Deutsch | schwitzen |
| Italiano | sudare |
| Ελληνικά | ιδρώνω idróno |
| Română | transpira, asuda |
| Русский | поте́ть potétʹ, вспоте́ть vspotétʹ, покрыва́ться испа́риной pokryvátʹsja ispárinoj, па́риться páritʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | chảy mồ hôi, ra mồ hôi, đổ mồ hôi, mướt, toát mồ hôi |
| العربية | عَرِقَ ʕariqa |
| עברית | הִזִּיעַ hizía |
verb informal: to worry
| Français | se faire du mauvais sang |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | sich sorgen |
verb to solder together
| Kiswahili | -ungana |
|---|
verb transitive: to cook slowly without browning
| Deutsch | anschwitzen |
|---|---|
| Italiano | appassire, far sudare |
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title = {sweat},
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