sweat

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
2. (uncountable, usually) The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Hard work; toil.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Moisture issuing from any substance.
5. (uncountable, usually) A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
6. (historical, uncountable, usually) The sweating sickness.
7. (British, slang, uncountable, usually) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
8. (slang, uncountable, usually) An extremely or excessively competitive player.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
2. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
3. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
4. (informal, intransitive) To work hard.
5. (informal, intransitive) To work hard.
6. (informal, transitive) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
7. (informal, intransitive) To worry.
8. (informal, transitive) To worry about (something).
9. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
10. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
11. (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
12. (intransitive) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
13. (slang, transitive) To stress out, to put under pressure.
14. (intransitive, transitive) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
15. (archaic, transitive) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
16. (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
17. (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.

Synonyms

perspiration

perspire

sudor

toil

swelter

drip

sweating

fret

drudgery

swither

moisture

sudate

lather

ooze

glow

exertion

travail

trickle

diaphoresis

work hard

hot

🥵

rob

effort

slave

elbow grease

stew

🍲

leak

taste

steam

strain

tinker

tiredness

transpire

transude

vapor

vapour

warm

☀️

water loss

worry

hidrosis

transudation

alcohol

pain

B.O.

emit heat downwards

burning-out

sweat-out

water leakage

non-watertight

sudoresis

Translations

sueur

😓

sudor

😓

suer

😓

sudore

😓

sudar

😓

schwitzen

😓

Schweiß

😓

zweet

😓

transpirer

sudare

😓

transpiration

suor

😓

suor

😓

zweten

😓

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: swete

Inherited from Old English: swāt

Cognate with Western Frisian: swit

Cognate with Dutch: zweet

Cognate with German: Schweiß

Cognate with Danish: sved

Cognate with Swedish: svett

Cognate with Yiddish: שוויצן

Cognate with English: shvitz

Cognate with Latin: sudor

Cognate with French: sueur

Cognate with Italian: sudore

Cognate with Spanish: sudor

Cognate with Persian: خوی

Cognate with Sanskrit: स्वेद

Cognate with Lithuanian: sviedri

Cognate with Tokharian B: syā-

Cognate with Albanian: djersë

Cognate with Welsh: chwys

Inherited from Middle English: sweten

Inherited from Old English: swǣtan

Cognate with Dutch: zweten

Cognate with German: schwitzen

Cognate with Danish: svede

In summary

From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with West Frisian swit, Dutch zweet, German Schweiß, Danish sved, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.