sweat
/swɛt/ noun B1- 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.
- The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis. · Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.
- Hard work; toil.
- Moisture issuing from any substance.
- A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
- The sweating sickness.
- An extremely or excessively competitive player.
Plural sweats
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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.
The sweat started forth on Dantès’ brow.
He sat up in bed and a cold sweat broke out upon his brow.
The cold sweat sprang forth on Dantès’ brow.
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