sweat

1. imp. & p. p. of Sweat Source: opted

2. v. i. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. Source: opted

3. v. i. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. Source: opted

4. v. i. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. Source: opted

5. v. t. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. Source: opted

6. v. t. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. Source: opted

7. v. t. To unite by heating, after the application of soldier. Source: opted

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

9. v. i. 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. Source: opted

10. v. i. The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery. Source: opted

11. v. i. Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack. Source: opted

12. v. i. The sweating sickness. Source: opted

13. v. i. A short run by a race horse in exercise. Source: opted

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