sweat
To emit sweatTo emit sweat.
» Her hair is wet with sweat.
Ihr Haar ist schweißnass.
Её волосы мокрые от пота.
Її волосся вологе від поту.
Meaning
17 senses(intransitive)To emit sweat.
schwitzen
поте́тьpotétʹ, вспоте́тьvspotétʹ, покрыва́ться испа́ринойpokryvátʹsja ispárinoj
поті́тиpotíty, споті́тиspotíty, употі́тиupotíty
(transitive)To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
(transitive)To cause to perspire.
His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
(informal, intransitive)To work hard.
I've been sweating over my essay all day.
вка́лыватьvkályvatʹ, горба́титьсяgorbátitʹsja, иша́читьišáčitʹ
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.
(informal, transitive)To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
to sweat a spendthrift
to sweat labourers
(informal, intransitive)To worry.
sich sorgen
(informal, transitive)To worry about (something).
Don't sweat it!
to sweat the small stuff
(transitive)To emit, in the manner of sweat.
to sweat blood
schwitzen
(intransitive)To emit moisture.
The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.
(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.
(intransitive)To solder (a pipe joint) together.
Examples
354 sentencesHer hair is wet with sweat.
Її волосся вологе від поту. — deniko
ruЕё волосы мокрые от пота. — Lenin_1917
deIhr Haar ist schweißnass. — cost
Tom worked up a sweat jogging.
Том бігав підтюпцем аж до сьомого поту. — myuslia
You're sweating like a pig, Tom.
Ти пітнієш неначе свиня, Томе. — deniko
ruТом, ты потеешь, как свинья. — odexed
Why are you sweating so much?
Чому ти так пітнієш? — deniko
Don't you ever sweat?
Ти ніколи не пітнієш? — deniko
ruТы никогда не потеешь? — odexed
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“toFrom 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, sweatedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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