sweat

Universal Words noun, verb noun liquid on skin 1 [U] drops of liquid that appear on the surface of your skin when you are hot, ill/sick or afraid SYNPERSPIRATION: beads of sweat * She wiped the sweat from her face. * By the end of the match, the sweat was pouring off him. * Their bodies were soaked in sweat. seealsoSWEATY 2 [usuallysing.] the state of being covered with sweat: I woke up in a sweat. * She completed the routine without even working up a sweat. * He breaks out in a sweat just at the thought of flying. * He started having night sweats. seealsoCOLDSWEAT hard work 3 [U] hard work or effort: (informal) Growing your own vegetables sounds like a lot of sweat. * (literary) She achieved success by the sweat of her brow (= by working very hard). clothes 4 (sweats) [pl.] (informal, especially AmE) a SWEATSUIT or SWEATPANTS: I hung around the house all day in my sweats. IDIOMS be / get in a sweat (about sth) to be/become anxious or frightened about sth no sweat (spoken) used to tell sb that sth is not difficult or a problem when they thank you or ask you to do sth: 'Thanks for everything.' 'Hey, no sweat!' moreatBLOODn. verb produce liquid on skin / surface 1 when you sweat, drops of liquid appear on the surface of your skin, for example when you are hot, ill/sick or afraid SYNPERSPIRE: [V] to sweat heavily * The palms of his hands began to sweat. * [VN] He was sweating buckets (= a lot). 2 [V] if sth sweats, the liquid that is contained in it appears on its surface: The cheese was beginning to sweat. * The walls will continue to sweat until the plaster is completely dry. work hard 3 [V] ~ (over sth) to work hard at sth: Are you still sweating over that report? worry 4 [V] (informal) to worry or feel anxious about sth: They really made me sweat during the interview. * Even though she'd made her decision, she let them sweat for another week. heat food 5 [VN, V] (BrE) if you sweat meat or vegetables or let them sweat, you heat them slowly with a little fat in a pan that is covered with a lid IDIOMS sweat blood (informal) to work very hard: I sweated blood to get everything ready in time. don't sweat it (AmE, spoken) used to tell sb to stop worrying about sth: 'I'm sure he'll find out.' 'Don't sweat it-no one's going to tell him.' don't sweat the small stuff (AmE, spoken) used to tell sb not to worry about small details or unimportant things moreatGUTn. PHRASALVERBS sweat sth<->off to lose weight by doing a lot of hard exercise to make yourself sweat sweat it out (informal) to be waiting for sth difficult or unpleasant to end, and be feeling anxious about it: It's just a case of sweating it out until the results are announced.