sweat

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Old English swāt < Proto-Germanic *swait- < Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“‘to sweat’”). Cognate with Danish sved, Swedish svett, German Schweiß, Dutch zweet, French sueur, Persian خوی (xway) Latvian sviedri and Albanian djersë.

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Singular
sweat

Plural
uncountable

sweat (uncountable)

  1. (physiology) 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.

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terms derived from sweat (noun)

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fluid that exits the body through pores

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Infinitive
to sweat

Third person singular
sweats

Simple past
sweated

Past participle
sweated

Present participle
sweating

to sweat (third-person singular simple present sweats, present participle sweating, simple past and past participle sweated)

  1. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
  3. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To worry about something or someone; to like or adore, or to do anything that implies sweating;
    She's so hot, I definitely sweat her.
    Don't sweat it!
  5. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
    to sweat blood.
  6. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.

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terms derived from sweat (verb)

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to emit sweat
informal: to work hard
informal: to worry
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to emit in the manner of sweat
to solder together

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From English sweatshirt.

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sweat m. (plural sweats)

  1. sweatshirt
    Les sweats à capuche sont interdits dans certaines lieux publics en Grande-Bretagne.
    Hoodies are prohibited in some places in Great Britain.
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