sweats
/swɛts/IPA: /S W EH1 T S/
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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.
syn:perspiration - 2
The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.
“Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.”
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(especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
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The sweating sickness.
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Moisture issuing from any substance.
“the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack”
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A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
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Hard work; toil.
Synonyms
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To emit sweat.
syn:perspire - 2
To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
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To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
“to sweat a spendthrift”
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To worry about (something).
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To emit, in the manner of sweat.
“to sweat blood”
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To emit moisture.
“The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.”
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To solder (a pipe joint) together.
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To stress out.
“Stop sweatin' me!”
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To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
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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.
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To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
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To scrape the sweat from (a horse).
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A sweatsuit.
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Any illness causing copious perspiration.
“I have a bad case of the sweats. Do you think it's the flu?”
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Nervousness.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweat, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweats