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- [swet]
- /swɛt/
- /swet/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [swet]
- /swɛt/
Definitions of sweat word
- verb without object sweat to perspire, especially freely or profusely. 1
- verb without object sweat to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese. 1
- verb without object sweat to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation. 1
- verb without object sweat (of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded. 1
- verb without object sweat Informal. to work hard. 1
- verb without object sweat Informal. to experience distress, as from anxiety. 1
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Origin of sweat
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1970-75 for def 6; (v.) Middle English sweten, Old English swǣtan to sweat, derivative of swāt (noun) (> obsolete English swote); (noun) Middle English, alteration of swote, influenced by the v.; cognate with Dutch zweet, German Schweiss, Old Norse sveiti, Sanskrit svedas; akin to Latin sūdor, Greek hidrṓs
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Parts of speech for Sweat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sweat popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sweat usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sweat
noun sweat
- anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- bile — Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat.
- biles — Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
verb sweat
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- ask — If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
- begrime — to make dirty; soil
Top questions with sweat
- why do i sweat so much?
- what causes night sweat?
- what cause night sweat?
- how to stop sweat?
- how to sweat less?
- why do i sweat when i sleep?
- what causes excess sweat?
- why do i sweat in my sleep?
- keith sweat how deep is your love?
- why do we sweat?
- what is sweat?
- why do i sweat at night?
- how to remove sweat stains?
- how to get rid of sweat bees?
- how to not sweat?