sweat

[US]/swet/
[UK]/swet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to cause someone to perspire; to make someone work hard; to exploit; to relieve by perspiration
n. perspiration; anxiety; droplets of water
vi. to perspire; to work hard

Phrases & Collocations

beads of sweat

sweat it out

cold sweat

sweat stains

sweat glands

sweat dripping

sweat-drenched

wiping off sweat

sweat trickling down

no sweat

night sweat

sweat gland

sweat blood

sweat pore

sweat shirt

sweat suit

Example Sentences

a sweater that pills.

sweat out an examination.

Sweat is also an excretion.

a sweater with long sleeves.

sweat tops and bottoms.

he was sweating profusely.

He shall sweat for it.

They had to live by the sweat of their brow.

the reek of stale sweat;

The flowers sweat dew.

a sweater in four-ply acrylic.

wearing a sloppy sweater and jeans.

the tyre is sweated on to the wooden parts.

the sweat was worse though he was wringing.

The sweater fits you quick.

sweat away two pounds in tropics

sweat out one's final grades.

He was sweating like a bullock.

Sweat exudes through the pores.

our sweater comes in two colourways.

Real-world Examples

And so is your sweat. Sweet sweat.

Source: Black Swan Selection

I'm earning myself sweat and sore shoulders.

Source: New Horizons College English Third Edition Reading and Writing Course (Volume 1)

He's made hard metal sweat with the exertion of killing.

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

Female subjects then smelled the sweat, while the scientists recorded their facial expressions.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening March 2013 Collection

They crawled quicker. Sweat poured off them.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Was she, uh -- was she sweating?

Source: English little tyrant

It's great fun and good to have some sweat.

Source: New TOEFL Speaking Golden 80 Questions

The sweat made them constantly slip down.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Mundungus stank of stale sweat and tobacco smoke.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Walking the kids home was no sweat.

Source: Diary of a Little Kid 1: Haunted House Ideas

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