sweat

Pronunciation

• enPR: swĕt, IPA ^(key): /swɛt/

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Noun

Singular sweat

Plural none

1. A salty water that is produced naturally by the body.

   It is so hot that my whole body is covered with sweat!

Verb

Plain form sweat

Third-person singular sweats

Past tense sweated

Past participle sweated

Present participle sweating

1. A natural occurrence of the body to allow the body to cool by excreting salty water (see above).
   • Synonym: perspire

   You are sweating so much!

Related words

• break a sweat