Meaning

17 senses
  1. (intransitive)To emit sweat.

    schwitzen

    поте́тьpotétʹ, вспоте́тьvspotétʹ, покрыва́ться испа́ринойpokryvátʹsja ispárinoj

    поті́тиpotíty, споті́тиspotíty, употі́тиupotíty

  2. (transitive)To cause to excrete moisture through skin.

    excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

  3. To cause to excrete moisture through skin.

    (transitive)To cause to perspire.

    His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

  4. (informal, intransitive)To work hard.

    I've been sweating over my essay all day.

    вка́лыватьvkályvatʹ, горба́титьсяgorbátitʹsja, иша́читьišáčitʹ

  5. To work hard.

    (informal, intransitive)To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.

    There's no way we can win. These guys are sweating so hard.

  6. (informal, transitive)To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.

    to sweat a spendthrift

    to sweat labourers

  7. (informal, intransitive)To worry.

    sich sorgen

  8. (informal, transitive)To worry about (something).

    Don't sweat it!

    to sweat the small stuff

  9. (transitive)To emit, in the manner of sweat.

    to sweat blood

    schwitzen

  10. (intransitive)To emit moisture.

    The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.

  11. (intransitive)To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.

    Coasters are a good way to stop a sweating glass from damaging your table.

  12. (intransitive)To solder (a pipe joint) together.

Examples

354 sentences
  1. Her hair is wet with sweat.

    Її волосся вологе від поту.

    ruЕё волосы мокрые от пота.

    deIhr Haar ist schweißnass.

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  2. Tom worked up a sweat jogging.

    Том бігав підтюпцем аж до сьомого поту.

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  3. You're sweating like a pig, Tom.

    Ти пітнієш неначе свиня, Томе.

    ruТом, ты потеешь, как свинья.

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  4. Why are you sweating so much?

    Чому ти так пітнієш?

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  5. Don't you ever sweat?

    Ти ніколи не пітнієш?

    ruТы никогда не потеешь?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to emit sweat:
Русский
By meaning 2
to emit sweat:
informal: to work hard:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to emit sweat:
informal: to worry:
transitive: to cook slowly without browning:

Origin

From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to

From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”). Compare Dutch zweten, German schwitzen, Danish svede. Doublet of shvitz.

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Forms

sweats, sweating, sweated, sweated
Base formsweat · to sweat
3rd person singularsweats
Present participlesweating
Past simplesweated / sweat
Past participlesweated / sweat

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysweat
he, she, itsweats

Past simpleLesson

all personssweated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sweated
he, she, ithas sweated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sweat

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • wiped the sweat
  • a cold sweat
  • sweat from his
  • sweat a lot
  • the sweat from
  • a good sweat
  • cold sweat
  • good sweat
  • sweating like

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sweat — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto