sweat
sweat /sw'et/ (sweats sweating sweated)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid.
Both horse and rider were dripping with sweat within five minutes...
2 [VERB] V
When you sweat, sweat comes through your skin.
Already they were sweating as the sun beat down upon them.
● sweating [N-UNCOUNT]
...symptoms such as sweating, irritability, anxiety and depression.
3 [N-COUNT]
If someone is in a sweat, they are sweating a lot.
Every morning I would break out in a sweat...
I really don't feel a bit sick, no night sweats, no fevers.
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link ADJ
If someone is in a cold sweat or in a sweat, they feel frightened or embarrassed.
The very thought brought me out in a cold sweat.
5
to sweat blood: see bloodcold sweat (cold sweats)
[N-COUNT] usu sing, usu in/into N
If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
He awoke from his sleep in a cold sweat.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid.
Both horse and rider were dripping with sweat within five minutes...
2 [VERB] V
When you sweat, sweat comes through your skin.
Already they were sweating as the sun beat down upon them.
● sweating [N-UNCOUNT]
...symptoms such as sweating, irritability, anxiety and depression.
3 [N-COUNT]
If someone is in a sweat, they are sweating a lot.
Every morning I would break out in a sweat...
I really don't feel a bit sick, no night sweats, no fevers.
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link ADJ
If someone is in a cold sweat or in a sweat, they feel frightened or embarrassed.
The very thought brought me out in a cold sweat.
5
to sweat blood: see bloodcold sweat (cold sweats)
[N-COUNT] usu sing, usu in/into N
If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
He awoke from his sleep in a cold sweat.