| NOUN | body | sweat, perspiration, sudor | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... | |
| Meaning | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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