noun
sweat
sweht
noun
1
The salty liquid released through the skin, usually from heat, exercise, or stress.
"Sweat dripped down his forehead after the workout."
"Her shirt was soaked in sweat by the end of the race."
2
Hard physical or mental effort.
"Building the business took years of sweat and sacrifice."
verb
1
To release sweat, typically from heat or exertion.
"He was sweating heavily after climbing the stairs."
"The room was so hot everyone started sweating."
2
To worry anxiously about something.
"She was sweating over the exam results all weekend."
How to Use Sweat
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe moisture your body produces when hot or working hard, or (as a verb) to worry intensely.
Common pairings
break a sweat
sweat it out
sweat over something
Word Forms
sweated past tense, sweat past tense, sweaten past tense, sweats plural, Sweats plural, sweats singular
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Etymology
From Old English swāt ("sweat"), tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to sweat," shared with many related words across Germanic and other Indo-European languages.