sweat

sweat¹ [swet] v

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1¦(liquid from skin)¦

2¦(work)¦

3¦(worry)¦

4 don't sweat it

5 don't sweat the small stuff

6¦(produce liquid)¦

7¦(cook)¦

Phrasal verbs

　sweat something<=>off

　sweat something<=>out

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[: Old English; Origin: swAtan, from swat 'sweat' (noun)]

1.) ¦(LIQUID FROM SKIN)¦

to have drops of salty liquid coming out through your skin because you are hot, ill, frightened, or doing exercise

= ↑perspire

▪ I was sweating a lot despite the air-conditioning.

sweat heavily/profusely

(=sweat a lot)

▪ Within minutes she was sweating profusely.

sweat like a pig/sweat buckets [i]informal (=sweat a lot)

▪ basketball players sweating buckets

2.) ¦(WORK)¦ [i]informal

to work hard

▪ They sweated and saved for ten years to buy a house.

sweat over

▪ He'd sweated over the plans for six months.

sweat blood/sweat your guts out

(=work very hard)

▪ I sweated blood to get that report finished.

▪ We've been sweating our guts out here!

3.) ¦(WORRY)¦ [i]informal

to be anxious, nervous, or worried about something

▪ Let them sweat a bit before you tell them.

sweat bullets

AmE (=be very anxious)

▪ Workers are sweating bullets over the possibility of job losses.

4.) don't sweat it

AmE spoken used to tell someone not to worry about something

▪ Don't sweat it, I'll lend you the money.

5.) don't sweat the small stuff

AmE spoken used to tell someone not to worry about unimportant things

6.) ¦(PRODUCE LIQUID)¦

if something such as cheese sweats, fat from inside appears on its surface

7.) ¦(COOK)¦ [T]

[i]BrE to heat food gently in a little water or fat

▪ Sweat the vegetables until the juices run out.

sweat off [sweat sth<=>off] phr v

to lose weight by sweating a lot

sweat out [sweat sth<=>out] phr v

1.) to wait anxiously for news that is very important to you

▪ Van Os is sweating it out while the coach decides which players he's taking to the Olympics.

2.) American English to work very hard on something, especially something difficult

▪ kids sweating out a test

3.) to do hard physical exercise

▪ They were sweating it out in the gym.

4.) to get rid of an illness by making yourself sweat a lot

sweat ²

sweat² n

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1¦(liquid on skin)¦

2 get into a sweat about something

3 break (out) into a sweat

4 a cold sweat

5 no sweat

6 sweats

7¦(work)¦

8 the sweat of somebody's brow

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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: SWEAT¹]

1.) ¦(LIQUID ON SKIN)¦[U]

drops of salty liquid that come out through your skin when you are hot, frightened, ill, or doing exercise

= ↑perspiration

▪ Ian came off the squash court dripping with sweat.

▪ Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

▪ Sweat poured down his face.

work up a sweat

(=do physical exercise or hard work that makes you sweat)

▪ Karen was on the exercise bikes, just beginning to break a sweat (=start sweating) .

2.) get into a sweat about sth informal

to become nervous or frightened about something

▪ Don't get into such a sweat about it! It's only a test.

3.) break (out) into a sweat

to become very nervous or frightened

▪ Drops in stock market prices have investors breaking out into a sweat.

4.) a cold sweat

a state of nervousness or fear, in which you start to sweat, even though you are not hot

in/into a cold sweat

▪ I woke up from the nightmare in a cold sweat.

5.) no sweat

spoken used to say that you can do something easily

▪ 'Are you sure you can do it on time?' 'Yeah, no sweat!'

6.) sweats [plural] AmE informal

a) clothes made of thick, soft cotton, worn especially for sport

= ↑sweatsuit

b) trousers of this type

= sweat pants

7.) ¦(WORK)¦ [singular]

old-fashioned hard work, especially when it is boring or unpleasant

8.) the sweat of sb's brow

literary the hard effort that someone has made in their work