sweat

to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation.

(of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded.

Informal. to work hard.

Informal. to experience distress, as from anxiety.

(of tobacco) to ferment.

to send forth or get rid of with or like perspiration (often followed by out or off).

to wet or stain with perspiration.

to cause (a person, a horse, etc.) to perspire.

to cause to exude moisture, especially as a step in an industrial drying process: to sweat wood.

to earn, produce, or obtain (a result, promotion, compliment, etc.) by hard work.

to cause to lose (weight) as by perspiring or hard work: The hard week's work sweated five pounds off him.

to cause, force, or bring pressure on (a person, an animal, etc.) to work hard.

to employ (workers) at low wages, for long hours, or under other unfavorable conditions.

to labor with meticulous care over: The manufacturer of this beautiful car has really sweated the details.

Slang.

Slang. to subject to severe questioning; give the third degree to.

Metallurgy.

to remove bits of metal from (gold coins) by shaking them against one another, as in a bag.: Compare clip¹ (def. 4).

to cause (tobacco or cocoa) to ferment.

a state or a period of sweating.

hard work.

Informal. a state of anxiety or impatience.

a process of inducing sweating or perspiration, or of being sweated, as in medical treatment.

moisture exuded from something or gathered on a surface.

an exuding of moisture, as by a substance.

an inducing of such exudation, as in some industrial process.

a run given to a horse for exercise, as before a race.

sweats, Informal. sweatpants, sweatshirts, sweat suits, or the like.

the act of inducing the exudation of moisture

drops of moisture given forth or gathered on the surface of something

informal a state or condition of worry or eagerness (esp in the phrase in a sweat)

slang drudgery or hard labour: mowing lawns is a real sweat!

mainly US an exercise gallop given to a horse, esp on the day of a race

slang, mainly British a soldier, esp one who is old and experienced

no sweat! (interjection) slang an expression suggesting that something can be done without problems or difficulty

to give forth or cause to give forth (moisture) in droplets: a sweating cheese; the maple sweats sap

(intr) to collect and condense moisture on an outer surface: a glass of beer sweating in the sun

(intr) (of a liquid) to pass through a porous surface in droplets

(of tobacco leaves, cut and dried hay, etc) to exude moisture and, sometimes, begin to ferment or to cause (tobacco leaves, etc) to exude moisture

(tr) to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan

(tr) to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating

(tr) to heat (solder) until it melts

(tr) to heat (a partially fused metal) to extract an easily fusible constituent

to shake together (coins, esp gold coins) so as to remove particles for illegal use

informal to suffer anxiety, impatience, or distress

informal to overwork or be overworked

(tr) informal to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions

(tr) informal to extort, esp by torture: to sweat information out of a captive

(intr) informal to suffer punishment: you'll sweat for this!

sweat blood informal