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sweat

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1. sweat - Noun

2. sweat - Verb

4. Sweat - Proper noun

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of Sweat

To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.

Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.

To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.

To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.

To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.

To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.

The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.

The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.

Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.

The sweating sickness.

A short run by a race horse in exercise.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he got an A for effort Source: Internet

they managed only with great exertion Source: Internet

Exercise makes one sweat Source: Internet

About a quarter of the way through the gig, Koenig and co. opted to take it a little easier, giving the audience a chance to both catch their breath and wipe their sweat. Source: Internet

About 40 minutes into his statement, his sweat began to drip in color. Source: Internet

Accompanying labels are: "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread," and "The white man must work to keep his children and pay his taxes." Source: Internet

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