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Sweat| Noun | 1. | sweat - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"secretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent | | | 2. | sweat - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | | | 3. | sweat - condensation of moisture on a cold surface; "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" | | | 4. | sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"labor, toil, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" struggle - strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" difficulty, trouble - an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" pull - a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it" overkill - any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal overexertion - excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results | | | Verb | 1. | sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"swelter - suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach" sweat off - lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" | |
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