sweat
verb
\ ˈswet
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sweat
or sweated;
sweating
Definition of sweat
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: to excrete moisture in visible quantities through the openings of the sweat glands : perspire
b
: to labor or exert oneself so as to cause perspiration
2a
: to emit or exude moisture
cheese sweats in ripening
b
: to gather surface moisture in beads as a result of condensation
stones sweat at night
3
: to undergo anxiety or mental or emotional distress
sweat through final exams
4
: to become exuded through pores or a porous surface : ooze
1
: to emit or seem to emit from pores : exude
2
: to manipulate or produce by hard work or drudgery
4
: to make wet with perspiration
5a
: to cause to excrete moisture from the skin
b
: to drive hard : overwork
c
: to exact work from at low wages and under unfair or unhealthful conditions
d
slang
: to give the third degree to
6
: to cause to exude or lose moisture
especially
: to subject (something, such as tobacco leaves) to fermentation
7a
: to extract something valuable from by unfair or dishonest means : fleece
b
: to remove particles of metal from (a coin) by abrasion
8a
: to heat (something, such as solder) so as to melt and cause to run especially between surfaces to unite them
also
: to unite by such means
sweat a pipe joint
b
: to heat so as to extract an easily fusible constituent
sweat bismuth ore
c
: to sauté in a covered vessel until natural juices are exuded
9
slang
: to worry about
doesn't sweat the small stuff— Barry McDermott
sweat blood
: to work or worry intensely
in preparing speeches each sweats blood in his own way— Stewart Cockburn