sweat
/swɛt/ verb A2- To emit sweat.
- To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- To cause to perspire. · His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
- To work hard. · I've been sweating over my essay all day.
- To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. · There's no way we can win. These guys are sweating so hard.
- To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. · to sweat a spendthrift· to sweat labourers
- To worry.
- To worry about (something). · Don't sweat it!· to sweat the small stuff
He/she/it sweats · Past sweated · Past participle sweated · -ing form sweating
Verb forms
- Base form
- sweat
- He/she/it
- sweats
- Past
- sweated
- Past participle
- sweated
- -ing form
- sweating
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
The sweat started forth on Dantès’ brow.
The cold sweat sprang forth on Dantès’ brow.
A painful giddiness overwhelmed Villefort; great drops of acrid sweat fell from his face upon the papers which he held in his convulsed hand.
Ali had, indeed, given proof of this; for, approaching the animals, who had been got upon their legs with considerable difficulty, he rubbed their foreheads and nostrils with a sponge soaked in aromatic vinegar, and wiped off the sweat and foam that covered their mouths.
Other matches
Learn sweat in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.