- 1[intransitive, transitive] when you sweat, drops of liquid appear on the surface of your skin, for example when you are hot, sick, or afraid synonym perspire to sweat heavily The palms of his hands began to sweat. sweat something He was sweating buckets (= a lot).
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- 2[intransitive] if something sweats, the liquid that is contained in it appears on its surface The cheese was beginning to sweat. The walls will continue to sweat until the plaster is completely dry.
- 3[intransitive] sweat (over something) to work hard at something Are you still sweating over that report? worry
- 4[intransitive] (informal) to worry or feel anxious about something They really made me sweat during the interview. Even though she had already made her decision, she let them sweat for another week. Idioms
sweat
verbNAmE//swɛt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sweat he / she / it sweats
past simple sweated
-ing form sweating
used to tell someone to stop worrying about something “I'm sure he'll find out.” “Don't sweat it—no one's going to tell him.”
used to tell someone not to worry about small details or unimportant things
to work very hard to achieve something I ran my guts out and only finished fourth.
to work very hard I sweated blood to get everything ready in time. Phrasal Verbssweat it outsweat off
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