sweat

sweat1 [ swet ] noun uncount *

1. ) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot:

She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel.

Jeff's T-shirt was soaked in sweat.

2. ) INFORMAL hard work:

A lot of sweat went into making this project a success.

break out in a sweat

to begin producing sweat

break sweat INFORMAL

to use a lot of energy or effort:

Agassi hardly had to break sweat to win the game.

by the sweat of your brow FORMAL

by working very hard

in a (cold) sweat

feeling very worried or nervous

no sweat SPOKEN

used for saying that you can easily do or deal with something:

Have you got space for me in your car? Yeah, no sweat.

=> BLOOD

sweat

sweat 2 [ swet ] verb *

1. ) intransitive to produce liquid on the surface of your skin when you are hot, nervous, or sick:

She could feel the palms of her hands sweating.

sweat profusely (=sweat a lot): The actors sweated profusely under the spotlights.

2. ) intransitive INFORMAL to feel very nervous or worried:

Don't tell him straightaway let him sweat for a while.

a ) transitive AMERICAN INFORMAL to worry too much about something in particular:

There's no need to sweat all the details.

3. ) intransitive INFORMAL to work hard

don't sweat it AMERICAN SPOKEN

used for telling someone not to worry about something

sweat blood INFORMAL

to work very hard to achieve something

sweat it out

1. ) to wait for something that you are nervous or worried about to end:

You can't change the situation you'll just have to sweat it out.

2. ) to cure an illness by keeping your body warm so that you sweat

sweat like a pig VERY INFORMAL

to sweat a lot

,sweat `off phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to get rid of body weight by making yourself sweat

2. ) to get rid of an illness by sweating a lot