Sweat | Mean of sweat in English Dictionary

/ˈswɛt/

• Verb
• to produce a clear liquid from your skin when you are hot or nervous
1. He sweats a lot when he exercises.
2. The dancers were sweating [=(more formally) perspiring] profusely.
3. (informal) He was sweating like a pig. [=sweating a lot]
• to work very hard
1. They sweated and saved so their children could go to college.
2. She was sweating over her law books all afternoon.
3. He sweated over the wording of his speech for several days.
• to feel worried or nervous about something
1. We'll let them sweat a while longer.
2. After they took the test, they were sweating over [=worrying about] their scores.
3. We'll let them sweat it out for a while longer.

• to go through an experience that causes a lot of emotional stress or worry
1. The cops made him sweat through 15 minutes of intense questioning before they let him go.
2. I sweated [=struggled] through geometry in high school.
• to worry or be nervous about (something)
1. “The car won't start—what are we going to do?” “Don't sweat it. I know all about fixing cars.”
2. Don't sweat the small stuff. [=don't worry about minor things]
• to produce small drops of liquid on the surface
1. Cheese sweats during ripening.
2. A pitcher of ice water sweats on a hot day.
• to cook (something) slowly in a covered pan with a little fat
1. Sweat sliced onions in a little olive oil until they are soft.
• to be very nervous or worried
1. I was sweating bullets while I waited to talk to my boss.
• to lose (an amount of weight) by sweating (especially by exercising a lot)
1. He's trying to sweat off a few more pounds.
• to wait nervously until the end of (something)
1. It was a close game, and the fans were really sweating it out at the end.
• to work hard at (something)
1. She was sweating it out on the treadmill. [=she was exercising and sweating on the treadmill]
• to get or achieve (something, such as a victory) by working very hard
1. He managed to sweat out a narrow victory in the semifinals.
• to end (an illness) by exercising and sweating
1. He's trying to sweat out his cold at the gym.
• Noun
• the clear liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot or nervous
1. We were drenched/bathed in sweat after the workout.
2. The runners were dripping with sweat.
3. Her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
• the state or condition of someone who is sweating
1. nervous sweats
2. After a few minutes of exercise, we had worked up a sweat. [=we were sweating]
3. I broke into a sweat as I struggled up the hill. = I broke out in a sweat as I struggled up the hill. [=I began to sweat as I struggled up the hill]
• hard work
1. It took a lot of sweat and toil to build the house.
2. We helped them not with money but with our blood and sweat.
• moisture that forms in drops on a surface
1. He wiped the sweat [=condensation] off the bottle.
• to begin to sweat
1. He started running and soon broke a sweat.
2. He loaded all five boxes without breaking a sweat.
3. He gave a perfect performance and didn't break a sweat.
4. She rattled off the answers without breaking a sweat. [=she gave the answers very easily]
• by doing hard, physical work
1. He earned his money by the sweat of his brow.
• very nervous or worried about something
1. He's in a sweat about his exams.
2. There's no need to get in a sweat about minor details.
• with little or no difficulty
1. I can do that no sweat.
2. “Can you move that big board for me?” “Sure, no sweat.”
3. “Thanks a lot for your help.” “No sweat.” [=helping was not difficult and I was glad to do it]