sweat
Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress…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.
» Her hair is wet with sweat.
Ihr Haar ist schweißnass. — cost
Её волосы мокрые от пота. — Lenin_1917
Її волосся вологе від поту. — deniko
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8 senses(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.
Schweiß, Schwitze
потpot, испа́ринаispárina
пітpit
(uncountable, usually)The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Hard work; toil.
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Moisture issuing from any substance.
condensation of moisture on a cold surface
(uncountable, usually)A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
(historical, uncountable, usually)The sweating sickness.
(UK, slang, uncountable, usually)A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
(slang, uncountable, usually)An extremely or excessively competitive player.
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
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Origin
From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-GermanicFrom 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, Norwegian Bokmål svette, Norwegian Nynorsk sveitte, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Portuguese suor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.
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Forms
plural: sweats| Singular | sweat |
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uncountable
Synonyms
10 synonyms- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands:perspirationsudor
- agitation resulting from active worry:fretstewlatherswither
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work:effortelbow greaseexertiontravail
Word family
51 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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