sweat
1. sweat \'swet\ vb or sweat or sweat.ed; or sweat.ing [ME sweten, fr. OE
sw-tan, fr. swa-t sweat; ak]in to OHG sweiz sweat, L sudor sweat,
sudare to sweat 1a: to excrete moisture in visible quantities through the
openings of the sweat glands : PERSPIRE 1b: to labor so as to cause
perspiration : work hard 2a: to emit or exude moisture {cheese ~s in
ripening} 2b: to gather surface moisture in beads as a result of
condensation {sto nes ~ at night} 2c1: FERMENT 2c2: PUTREFY 3: to undergo
anxiety or mental or emotional distress 4: to become exuded through pores
or a porous surface : OOZE 1: to emit or seem to emit from pores : EXUDE
2: to manipulate or produce by hard work or drudgery 3: to get rid of or
lose (weight) by or as if by sweating or being sweated 4: to make wet with
perspiration 5a: to cause to excrete moisture from the skin 5b: to drive
hard : OVERWORK 5c: to exact work from at low wages and under unfair or
unhealthful condit ions slang 5d: to give the third degree to 6: to cause
to exude or lose moisture; esp : to subject to ferment ation (as tobacco
leaves) 7a: to extract something valuable from by unfair or dishonest means
: MFLEECE 7b: to remove particles of metal from (a coin) by abrasion 8a:
to heat (as solder) so as to melt and cause to run esp. between surfac es
to unite them; also : to unite by such means {~ a pipe joint} 8b: to heat
so as to extract an easily fusible constituent {~ bism uth ore} 8c: to
apply heat to : STEAM : to work or worry intensely - sweat blood
2. sweat \'swet-e-\ n 1: hard work : DRUDGERY 2: the fluid excreted from
the sweat glands of the skin : PERSPIRATION 3: moisture issuing from or
gathering in drops on a surface 4a: the condition of one sweating or
sweated 4b: a spell of sweating 5: a state of anxiety or impatience -
sweaty aj
Webster's English Dictionary