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Definition of Sweat

1. Verb. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin. "Did his feet sweat?"; "Exercise makes one sweat"

2. Noun. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. "Sweat poured off his brow"

3. Noun. Agitation resulting from active worry. "He's in a sweat about exams"

4. Noun. Condensation of moisture on a cold surface. "The cold glasses were streaked with sweat"

5. Noun. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. "They managed only with great exertion"

Definition of Sweat

1. v. i. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.

2. v. t. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

3. n. The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.

Definition of Sweat

1. Noun. (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. ¹

2. Noun. (British slang military slang especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). ¹

3. Noun. (historical) The sweating sickness. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To emit sweat. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive informal) To work hard. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive informal) To worry. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive colloquial) To worry about (something). (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive slang) To stress out. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweat

1. to perspire [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: perspire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweat

sweards sweare sweared swearer swearers swearest sweareth swearier sweariest swearing

swearings swears swearword swearwords sweary sweat (current term) sweat bag sweat bullets sweat duct sweat equity

sweat gland sweat glands sweat it out sweat like a pig sweat of one's brow sweat off sweat pants sweat pore sweat rash sweat room

Literary usage of Sweat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Disturbances of Innervation of sweat Glands and Tear Glands The function of the sweat glands may be disturbed locally, or generally. ..."

2. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"that determines the risk to health; and in two of the years of the sweat, 1508 and 1517, we find that there had been a rise from a very low level of the ..."

3. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"that determines the risk to health; and in two of the years of the sweat, 1508 and 1517, we find that there had been a rise from a very low level of the ..."

4. The Lancet (1898)
"There is a further advantage in the apparatus in that the sweat is prevented ... In order to register the maximum effect of the sweat toxicity intravenous ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"This regulation, which is effected by variations in the blood supply or the sweat secretion, is described at appropriate places in the sections on Nutrition ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The sweat consists of part of the watery constituents of the blood, separated 'therefrom, by the sweat- glands and eliminated on the surface of the skin in ..."

7. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"The sweat killed, he says, in three hours or two hours, which is something of an exaggeration of the shortest duration mentioned by the nuncio and the ..."

8. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Disturbances of Innervation of sweat Glands and Tear Glands The function of the sweat glands may be disturbed locally, or generally. ..."

9. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"that determines the risk to health; and in two of the years of the sweat, 1508 and 1517, we find that there had been a rise from a very low level of the ..."

10. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"that determines the risk to health; and in two of the years of the sweat, 1508 and 1517, we find that there had been a rise from a very low level of the ..."

11. The Lancet (1898)
"There is a further advantage in the apparatus in that the sweat is prevented ... In order to register the maximum effect of the sweat toxicity intravenous ..."

12. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"This regulation, which is effected by variations in the blood supply or the sweat secretion, is described at appropriate places in the sections on Nutrition ..."

13. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The sweat consists of part of the watery constituents of the blood, separated 'therefrom, by the sweat- glands and eliminated on the surface of the skin in ..."

14. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"The sweat killed, he says, in three hours or two hours, which is something of an exaggeration of the shortest duration mentioned by the nuncio and the ..."

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