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Meaning of sweat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
swɛt

Definitions

  1. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation
  2. A surname.
  3. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
    uncountable, usually
  4. Hard work: landscaped the yard by the sweat of my brow.
  5. The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis
  6. The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
    uncountable, usually
  7. The salty liquid given off by glands in the skin of mammals. As sweat evaporates, the skin cools, resulting in a reduction of body heat. ♦ The glands in the skin that secrete sweat are called sweat glands.
  8. Hard work; toil
  9. Hard work; toil.
    figuratively, uncountable, usually
  10. To cook vegetables very slowly in butter or oil.
  11. Moisture issuing from any substance
  12. Moisture issuing from any substance.
    figuratively, uncountable, usually
  13. Slang. To carry on through despite hardships:endure.
  14. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise
  15. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
    uncountable, usually
  16. the moisture given out through the skin. He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat. sweet عَرَق الجِسْم пот suor pot der Schweiß sved ιδρώταςsudor higi عرق بدن hiki sueur זֵיעָה पसीना, स्वेद, प्रस्वेद, स्वेदन रोग, कठिन काम, कठिन परिश्रम, परिश्रमी व्यक्ति znoj, znojenje izzadság keringat sviti sudore 汗 땀 prakaitas sviedri peluh zweetsvettepot د بدن خولی suor transpiraţie пот; испарина pot znoj znoj svett เหงื่อ ter 汗(水) піт, випоти پسینہ mồ hôi 汗(水)
  17. The sweating sickness.
    historical, uncountable, usually
  18. A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
    British, slang, uncountable, usually
  19. any kind of knitted pullover or jersey. trui, oortrektrui صِدار، كَنْزَة صوف пуловер suéter svetr der Sweater sweater πουλόβερsuéter, jersey sviiter پليور villapaita tricotסוודר स्वेटर, गर्म ऊनी वस्त्र, शोषक džemper pulóver sweater peysa maglione セーター 스웨터 megztinis svīteris baju sejuk truigenser; kofte, strikkejakke sweter خوله کوونکی، بنیان camisola pulover, jerseu свитер sveter pulover džemper tröja, sweater เสื้อถักชนิดสวมทางศีรษะ süveter, kazak 毛線衫 светр سوءیٹر áo len dài tay 毛线衫
  20. An extremely or excessively competitive player.
    slang, uncountable, usually
  21. wet or stained with, or smelling of, sweat. sweaty clothes/bodies. sweetagtig مُبْتَل بالعَرَق، مُسَبِّب للعَرَق потен suado propocený, zpocený verschwitzt svedig που μυρίζει ιδρώτα sudoroso, sudado higine, leemendav خيس عرق hikinen moite de sueur מְכוּסֶה זֵיעָה पसीनेभर, प्रस्वेदित znojan, uznojen (át)izzadt penuh keringat sveittur; svitastorkinn sudato 汗臭い 땀 투성이의, 땀 냄새가 나는 prakaituotas sviedrains; piesviedrēts berpeluh zweterigsvettspocony, zapocony خوله جن suado trans­pi­rat потный prepote...
  22. sweetagtigheid تَبَلُّل بالعَرَق запотеност suor zpocenost die Werschwitztheit det at være svedig ιδρωτίλα sudor higisus خيسي hikisyys moiteurהזעה पसीना znojnost izzadtság keadaan berkeringat sviti l'essere sudato 汗臭さ 땀 남 prakaitavimas sviedrainība berpeluh zweterigheid det å være svett/fuktig zapocenie خوله suor transpi­raţie потливость spotenosť oznojenost oznojenost svettighet ภาวะเหงื่อออก terlilik 汗濕(味) спітнілість عرق آلود ہونا sự đầm đìa mồ hôi 汗湿(味)
  23. (coldness and dampness of the skin when a person is in) a state of shock, fear etc. koue sweet عَرَق الخَوْف والبَرْد студена пот um suor frio studený pot der Angstschweiß koldsved λουσμένος σε κρύο ιδρώτα sudor frío külm higi عرق سرد kylmä hiki sueur froide זֵיעָה קָרָה डर इत्यादि के मारे आने वाला पसीना hladan znoj hideg verejték ketakutan kaldur sviti sudore freddo 冷汗 식은 땀 šaltas prakaitas auksti sviedri ketakutan angstzweetkaldsvette zimny pot سړه خوله um suor frio transpiraţie rece холодн...
    etc
  24. To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.

Equivalents

العربية العرق رشح صبيب عرق
Azərbaycanca tər tərləmək
Беларуская паце́ць пот
Български пот
বাংলা ঘাম
བོད་སྐད རྔུལ་ནག
Bosanski pot sudar Šved znoj зној пот хан
Català suar suor
Čeština pot potní znoj
Cymraeg chwys chwysu
Dansk sved svede
Esperanto ŝviti ŝvito
Eesti higi
Euskara izerdi
Gaeilge allas allasaigh
עברית הזיע זיעה יזע
Hrvatski pot sudar Šved znoj зној пот хан
Հայերեն քրտինք քրտնել
Bahasa Indonesia berkeringat berpeluh keringat peluh
Íslenska sviti svitna
Italiano appassire far sudare sudare sudore
日本語 汗をかく 流汗 濃漿
ქართული ოფლი
Қазақша терлеу
ខ្មែរ ញើស បែកញើស
Kurdî harî pot sûar sût şût têr ter ter عرق
Кыргызча тер
Latina sudo sudor
Lëtzebuergesch Schweess
Latviešu sviedri svīst
मराठी घाम
Bahasa Melayu berkeringat berpeluh keringat peluh
မြန်မာဘာသာ ချွေး ချွေးထွက်
Polski pocić się pot spocić się znój
Português suar suor transpirar
Română asuda sudoare transpira transpirație
Slovenščina pot znoj
Српски pot sudar Šved znoj зној пот хан
Svenska svett svettas
Kiswahili -ungana hari jasho
తెలుగు చెమట స్వేదం
Tagalog magpawis pawis
ئۇيغۇرچە تەر
اردو پسینہ
Oʻzbekcha ter
Tiếng Việt mồ hôi mướt

Examples

“Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.”
“The Muses' friend (grey-eyed Aurora) yet Held all the meadows in a cooling sweat, The milk-white gossamers not upwards snow'd, Nor was the sharp and useful-steering goad”
“the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack”
“A Horſe that gains Fleſh in hard Exerciſe, should be ſweated at leaſt twice in ten Days; and he ſhould run near five Miles in Puſhes, that the Sweat may have Time to diſcharge. Those Horſes which are ſweat without Covering, or with a very thin one, should run a long Sweat, as wel call it, and ſtand a conſiderable while afterwards with a thick Blanket or two over them, from Head to Tail; otherwiſe the Sweat will not come out well.”
“There are some horses so very delicate, and have to run such short lengths, that they may not require a sweat during the whole time of their being in training.”
“A sweat was, accordingly, a training run for a racehorse: a notice in The London Gazette in 1705 advertises a race for hunters that have not 'been kept in sweats above 12 weeks before the day of Running'.”
“When the sweat comes back this summer, 1528, people say, as they did last year, that you won't get it if you don't think about it.”
“[…]who both died within one houre of the sweat at Cambridge”
“Casuals believe that sweats are ruining Fortnite. Sweats think that casuals just need to get better at the game. It's a never-ending debate that will never end, despite what anyone tries to say, but it's worth taking a look at regardless.”

CEFR level

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