SWEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweat mean? 

• SWEAT (noun)
  The noun SWEAT has 4 senses:

1. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

2. agitation resulting from active worry

3. condensation of moisture on a cold surface

4. use of physical or mental energy; hard work

  Familiarity information: SWEAT used as a noun is uncommon.

• SWEAT (verb)
  The verb SWEAT has 1 sense:

1. excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

  Familiarity information: SWEAT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

perspiration; sudor; sweat

Context example:

sweat poured off his brow

Hypernyms ("sweat" is a kind of...):

secretion (a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell)

Meronyms (substance of "sweat"):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Derivation:

sweat (excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Agitation resulting from active worry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fret; lather; stew; sweat; swither

Context example:

he's in a sweat about exams

Hypernyms ("sweat" is a kind of...):

agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Condensation of moisture on a cold surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

the cold glasses were streaked with sweat

Hypernyms ("sweat" is a kind of...):

condensate; condensation (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Use of physical or mental energy; hard work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail

Context example:

they managed only with great exertion

Hypernyms ("sweat" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweat"):

struggle (strenuous effort)

difficulty; trouble (an effort that is inconvenient)

least effort; least resistance (the least effortful way to do something)

strain; straining (an intense or violent exertion)

exercise; exercising; physical exercise; physical exertion; workout (the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit)

pull (a sustained effort)

application; diligence (a diligent effort)

overkill (any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal)

supererogation (an effort above and beyond the call of duty)

overexertion (excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results)

detrition; friction; rubbing (effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure)

• SWEAT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sweat    ... he / she / it sweats   
Past simple: sweated   
Past participle: sweated   
-ing form: sweating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

perspire; sudate; sweat

Context example:

Exercise makes one sweat

Hypernyms (to "sweat" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sweat"):

swelter (suffer from intense heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue sweat
Did his feet sweat?

Also:

sweat off (lose weight by sweating)

Derivation:

sweat (salty fluid secreted by sweat glands)

sweater (a person who perspires)

sweating (the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid)

 Context examples 

Electrodes then measure the molecules within the sweat.

(Diagnosing cystic fibrosis with wearable devices, NIH)

Researchers found dry graphene film seemed to interfere with mosquitos’ ability to sense skin and sweat because they did not land and try to bite.

(Graphene shield shows promise in blocking mosquito bites, National Institutes of Health)

At other times, they can cause lung symptoms similar to tuberculosis: • Cough • Weight loss • Coughing up blood or mucus • Weakness or fatigue • Fever and chills • Night sweats • Lack of appetite and weight loss

(Mycobacterial Infections, NIH)

Panic may include rapid heart rate, flushing (a hot, red face), sweating, and trouble breathing.

(Panic, NCI Dictionary)

A rare, benign, slow-growing and painless neoplasm of sweat glands.

(Mixed Tumor of the Skin (Chondroid Syringoma), NCI Thesaurus)

"I'll make you sweat for this. You'll see."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A very rare, benign sweat gland neoplasm that affects the breast.

(Benign Breast Eccrine Spiradenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cystic form of sweat gland adenoma (ADENOMA, SWEAT GLAND).

(Apocrine Hidrocystoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Symptoms may include weakness, nausea, or sweating.

(Atypical Angina, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm arising from the sweat glands.

(Papillary Eccrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)