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sweat

noun

1 sweat

Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands:
— Sweat poured off his brow.

synonyms: perspiration, sudor.

Roget 688: fatigue; weariness etc. 841; yawning, drowsiness etc. 683; lassitude, tiredness, fatigation, exhaustion; sweat; dyspnoea.    ... show more

Roget 299: excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation [Med.], ecchymosis [Med.]; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, ... show more

Dutch: Sudor, transpiratievocht, transpiratie, zweet
Polish: pot

2 sweat

Agitation resulting from active worry:
— He's in a sweat about exams.

synonyms: fret, lather, stew, swither.

3 sweat

Condensation of moisture on a cold surface.

4 sweat

Use of physical or mental energy; hard work.

synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail.

Dutch: krachtsinspanning, inspanning
Polish: próba, usiłowanie

verb

1 sweat

Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin:
— Exercise makes one sweat.

synonyms: perspire, sudate.

Roget 295: emerge, emanate, issue; egress; go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of; pass out of, evacuate.    exude, transude; ... show more

Roget 686: exert oneself; exert one's energies, tax one's energies; use exertion.    labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, ... show more

Roget 382: be hot etc. adj.; glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, ... show more

Dutch: zweet, bezweten, transpireren, zweten


Moby thesaurus: BO, abide, ado, agitation, agonize, aim, all-overs, anguish, anxiety, await, bake, be determined, be in heat, beaded brow, beads of sweat, befuddlement, bewilderment, bide, blaze, bleed ... show more.

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