1. n. use of physical or mental energy (view details)
2. n. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands (view details)
3. n. condensation of moisture on a cold surface (view details)
4. n. agitation resulting from active worry (view details)
5. v. excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin (view details)

Meaning 1: (noun) use of physical or mental energy, hard work
Usage Example(s): he got an A for effort, they managed only with great exertion
Synonym(s): effort ( what does effort stand for? ), elbow grease ( what does elbow grease stand for? ), exertion ( what does exertion stand for? ), travail ( what does travail stand for? )
sweat is a kind of: labor ( what does labor stand for? ), labour ( what does labour stand for? ), toil ( what does toil stand for? )
sweat is derived from: dig ( what does dig stand for? ), drudge ( what does drudge stand for? ), exert ( what does exert stand for? ), fag ( what does fag stand for? ), grind ( what does grind stand for? ), labor, labour, moil ( what does moil stand for? ), toil, travail

Meaning 2: (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
Usage Example(s): sweat poured off his brow
Synonym(s): perspiration ( what does perspiration stand for? ), sudor ( what does sudor stand for? )
sweat is a kind of: secretion ( what does secretion stand for? )
sweat is derived from: perspire ( what does perspire stand for? ), sudate ( what does sudate stand for? ), sweat ( what does sweat stand for? )

Meaning 3: (noun) condensation of moisture on a cold surface
Usage Example(s): the cold glasses were streaked with sweat

Meaning 4: (noun) agitation resulting from active worry
Usage Example(s): don”t get in a stew, he’’s in a sweat about exams
Synonym(s): fret ( what does fret stand for? ), lather ( what does lather stand for? ), stew ( what does stew stand for? ), swither ( what does swither stand for? )
sweat is derived from: brood ( what does brood stand for? ), fret, fuss ( what does fuss stand for? ), grizzle ( what does grizzle stand for? ), niggle ( what does niggle stand for? ), stew

Meaning 5: (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
Usage Example(s): Exercise makes one sweat
Synonym(s): perspire, sudate
Worth Checking: sweat off ( what does sweat off stand for? )
sweat is derived from: diaphoresis ( what does diaphoresis stand for? ), hidrosis ( what does hidrosis stand for? ), perspiration, perspirer ( what does perspirer stand for? ), sudation ( what does sudation stand for? ), sudor, sweat, sweater ( what does sweater stand for? ), sweating ( what does sweating stand for? )

Anagrams¹ for sweat: tawse (What does tawse stand for?) , waste (What does waste stand for?)

¹An anagram is a word that results from the rearrangement of letters of another word. For example, an anagram of Mary is Army. Anagrams are fun!

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