sweat

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: swĕt, IPA(key): /swɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with West Frisian swit, Dutch zweet, German Schweiß, Danish sved, Norwegian Bokmål svette, Norwegian Nynorsk sveitte, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Portuguese suor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys. ==== Noun ==== sweat (usually uncountable, plural sweats) 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. Synonym: perspiration The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis. (figurative) Hard work; toil. (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. (historical) The sweating sickness. (UK, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). (video games, slang) An extremely or excessively competitive player. Synonym: tryhard ===== Synonyms ===== sudor ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== shvitz ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: sweti Torres Strait Creole: swet ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”). Compare Dutch zweten, German schwitzen, Danish svede. Doublet of shvitz. ==== Verb ==== sweat (third-person singular simple present sweats, present participle sweating, simple past sweated or sweat, past participle sweated or sweat or (archaic) sweaten) (intransitive) To emit sweat. Synonym: perspire (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin. To cause to perspire. (intransitive, informal) To work hard. Synonyms: slave, slog (video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. Synonym: tryhard (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. Synonym: bleed (intransitive, informal) To worry. Synonyms: fret, worry (transitive, informal) To worry about (something). [from 20th c.] (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat. (intransitive) To emit moisture. (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together. (transitive, slang) To stress out, to put under pressure. (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal. 1879, Richard Cobden, On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold (originally by Michel Chevalier) (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds. (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === 💦 === Anagrams === Weast, astew, awest, swate, tawse, waste, wetas == French == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from sweatshirt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /swɛt/, /swit/ === Noun === sweat m (plural sweats) sweatshirt == Turkish == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from sweatshirt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɥe̞t] === Noun === sweat (definite accusative sweati, plural sweatler) sweatshirt