Sweat

Quick meaning: Sweat is a noun meaning The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.

Meaning

The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Hard work; toil.
2. (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.
3. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
4. (British, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
5. (video games, slang) An extremely or excessively competitive player.
6. 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.
7. (historical) The sweating sickness.

Example Sentences

the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack

[…]who both died within one houre of the sweat at Cambridge

Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.

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.

Word Forms

• sweats
• sweating
• sweated
• sweaten

Synonyms for sweat

Depending on context, synonyms include sudor, perspiration, tryhard, perspire, slave, slog.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sudor, perspire, perspiration, fret, diaphoresis, hidrosis.

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