sweat

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'And his sweat was as it were great drops of blood,' trickling or 'falling down to the ground' (Luke 22: 44).

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  1. intransitive verb To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.
  2. intransitive verb To exude in droplets, as moisture from certain cheeses or sap from a tree.
  3. intransitive verb To condense atmospheric moisture.
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  • The sun was hot enough to daunt a sepoy; down the bare backs of the oarsmen flowed miniature Meinams of sweat, as they tugged, grunting, against the strong current. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  • He was suddenly bathed in cold sweat, and he wondered if he was about to be sick. —  Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard
  • Byron's face was shining with sweat, and the hand in which he was holding his glass had at last begun to tremble. —  Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard
  • The heat of the fire had caused her to sweat, and sweat had dragged a mascara shadow from the corner of her eye, simulating a tear. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • The din of leather smacking every shape of punching bag seemed the right accompaniment to the pungent wave of sweat, ancient and modern, that stung the nostrils We walked to the side of the center ring where a couple of heavyweight boxers were hammering each other at close range. —  AHMM,December2006
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perspiration ·  moisture ·  tear ·  blood ·  grease ·  dust ·  smoke ·  urine ·  rain ·  smell ·  heat ·  fatigue

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sweat:   sweats ·  sweated ·  sweating
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan; see sweid- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also swet; dial. swat; from Middle English swette, swete, swoot, swot, swote, from Anglo-Saxon swāt = Old Saxon swēt = OFries. swēt = Middle Dutch sweet, Dutch zweet = Middle Low German swēt, Low German sweet = Old High German Middle High German sweiz, German schweiss = Icelandic *sveit, in secondary form sveiti (cf. also sviti) = Swedish svett = Danish sved = Sanskrit sveda, sweat; cf. Latin sudor, n., sudare, v., Greek ἰδρώς, ἴδος, Lithuanian swidrs, sweat, Sanskrit √ svid, sweat. From the L. root are ult. English sudation, sudatory, sudorific, exude, transude, etc.
  2. Also dial. swat; from Middle English sweten., sweete (preterit swette, swatte), from Anglo-Saxon swœ¯tan = Middle Dutch swetten, Dutch zweeten = Middle Low German sweten, Low German sweten, sweat, = Old High German sweizzan, roast, Middle High German sweizen, German schweissen, hammer or weld red-hot metal together (cf. Old High German swizzen, Middle High German switzen, German schwitzen, sweat), = Icelandic sveita = Swedish svettas = Danish svede, sweat; cf. Latin sudare (later Italian sudare = Spanish sudar = Portuguese suar = Provencal suar, suzar = French suer), sweat, Greek ἰδροῦν, Sanskrit √ svid, sweat: see sweat, n.
 

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