NOUN | body | sweat, perspiration, sudor | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands |
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state | sweat, fret, stew, lather, swither | agitation resulting from active worry | |
phenomenon | sweat | condensation of moisture on a cold surface | |
act | sweat, effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail | use of physical or mental energy | |
VERB | body | sweat, sudate, perspire | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
Sounds | sweh't | |
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Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... |
Meaning | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. | |
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Example | "sweat poured off his brow" | |
Synonyms | perspiration, sudor | |
Broader | secretion | A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
Substances | water, H2O | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid / liquid |
Spanish | diaforesis, perspiración, sudoración, sudoresis, sudor, transpiración, traspiración | |
Catalan | diaforesi, sudació, sudoresi, suor, transpiració | |
Adjectives | hidrotic | of or relating to sweat |
Verbs | sweat | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
Meaning | agitation resulting from active worry. | |
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Example | "he's in a sweat about exams" | |
Synonyms | fret, stew, lather, swither | |
Broader | agitation | A mental state of extreme / extreme emotional disturbance |
Spanish | inquietud, intranquilidad, malestar, preocupación | |
Catalan | inquietud, intranquilitat, malestar, preocupació |
Meaning | condensation of moisture on a cold surface. | |
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Example | "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" | |
Broader | condensation, condensate | atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold |
Meaning | Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. | |
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Synonyms | effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail | |
Narrower | application, diligence | A diligent effort |
exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout | The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | |
friction, detrition, rubbing | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | |
least effort, least resistance | The least effortful way to do something | |
overexertion | excessive exertion | |
overkill | Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal | |
pull | A sustained effort | |
strain, straining | An intense or violent exertion | |
struggle | strenuous effort | |
supererogation | An effort above and beyond the call of duty | |
trouble, difficulty | An effort that is inconvenient | |
Broader | labor, labour, toil | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
Spanish | afán, dedicación, desvelo, esfuerzo | |
Catalan | afany, dedicació, esforç, feinada |
Meaning | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | Did his feet sweat?; Sam and Sue sweat | |
Example | "Exercise makes one sweat" | |
Synonyms | sudate, perspire | |
Narrower | swelter | Suffer from intense heat / heat |
Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
See also | sweat off | lose weight by sweating |
Spanish | sudar, transpirar | |
Catalan | suar, transpirar | |
Nouns | 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 |
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