sweat

noun uncountable

UK /swet/

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.
Synonyms and related words
Sweating and sweat
bathed in sweat
bead
break out in a sweat
2
informalhard work
A lot of sweat went into making this project a success.
Synonyms and related words
Hard work and effort
heavy lifting
ask
work

phrases

break out in a sweat

break sweat

by the sweat of your brow

in a (cold) sweat

no sweat

sweat

noun uncountable

US /swet/

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.
Synonyms and related words
Sweating and sweat
bathed in sweat
bead
break a sweat
2
informalhard work
A lot of sweat went into making this project a success.
Synonyms and related words
Hard work and effort
heavy lifting
ask
work

phrases

break out in a sweat

break sweat

by the sweat of your brow

in a (cold) sweat

no sweat

sweat

verb

UK /swet/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	sweat
he/she/it	sweats
present participle	sweating
past tense	sweated
past participle	sweated

1
intransitive to produce liquid on the surface of your skin when you are hot, nervous, or ill
She could feel the palms of her hands sweating.
sweat profusely (=sweat a lot):
The actors sweated profusely under the spotlights.
Synonyms and related words
Sweating and sweat
bathed in sweat
bead
break out in a sweat
2
intransitive informalto feel very nervous or worried
Don’t tell him straight away – let him sweat for a while.
Synonyms and related words
To worry or feel nervous about something
worry
panic
dread
1. 2a
  transitive mainly Americaninformalto worry too much about something in particular
  There’s no need to sweat all the details.
  Synonyms and related words
  To worry or feel nervous about something
  worry
  panic
  dread
3
intransitive informalto work hard
Synonyms and related words
To work hard
work at
forge
overwork
4
intransitive/transitive Britishto cook meat or vegetables slowly in their own juices
Synonyms and related words
Cook food or be cooked
bake
barbecue
baste
5
sweat the small stuff
to worry about trivial things
Are you a micromanager or a master of strategy who doesn’t sweat the small stuff?
Submitted by:
Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 27/07/2017
Open Dictionary - July2017

phrases

don’t sweat it

sweat blood

sweat it out

sweat like a pig

phrasal verbs

sweat off

sweat

verb

US /swet/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	sweat
he/she/it	sweats
present participle	sweating
past tense	sweated
past participle	sweated

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.
Synonyms and related words
Sweating and sweat
bathed in sweat
bead
break a sweat
2
intransitive informalto feel very nervous or worried
Don’t tell him straightaway – let him sweat for a while.
Synonyms and related words
To worry or feel nervous about something
worry
panic
dread
1. 2a
  transitive informalto worry too much about something in particular
  There’s no need to sweat all the details.
  Synonyms and related words
  To worry or feel nervous about something
  worry
  panic
  dread
3
intransitive informalto work hard
Synonyms and related words
To work hard
work at
forge
overwork
4
sweat the small stuff
to worry about trivial things
Are you a micromanager or a master of strategy who doesn’t sweat the small stuff?
Submitted by:
Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 27/07/2017
Open Dictionary - July2017

phrases

don’t sweat it

sweat blood

sweat it out

sweat like a pig

phrasal verbs

sweat off

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sweat the small stuff

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