sweat

Definitions of sweat in various dictionaries:

noun - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

noun - agitation resulting from active worry

noun - condensation of moisture on a cold surface

noun - use of physical or mental energy

verb - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.

To exude in droplets, as moisture from certain cheeses or sap from a tree.

To condense atmospheric moisture.

To release moisture, as hay in the swath.

To ferment, as tobacco during curing.

Informal.

To work long and hard.

To suffer much, as for a misdeed.

To fret or worry.

To excrete (moisture) through a porous surface, such as the skin.

To gather and condense (moisture) on a surface.

To cause to perspire, as by drugs, heat, or strenuous exercise.

To make damp or wet with perspiration.

To cause to work excessively; overwork.

To overwork and underpay (employees).

Slang.

To interrogate (someone) under duress: The secret police sweated the suspected spy for hours.

To extract (information) from someone under duress: The police sweated the information out of the suspect.

To join (metal parts) by interposing cold solder and then heating.

To steam (vegetables or other food).

The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.

Condensation of moisture in the form of droplets on a surface.

The process of sweating.

The condition of being sweated.

Strenuous, exhaustive labor; drudgery.

A run given to a horse as exercise before a race.

An anxious, fretful condition.

To endure anxiously: sweat out an examination.

Easily done or handled.

To work diligently or strenuously.

To sweat profusely.

adj - to give off moisture through the pores of the skin [v -SPIRED, -SPIRING, -SPIRES] : PERSPIRY

SWEAT - Perspiration, also known as sweating, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.Two types of sweat glands can b...