sweat

1. 1.

   excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

   “Exercise makes one sweat”

   Synonymssudateperspire

   Broaderexcrete

   Narrowerswelter

Other forms of sweat

plural

sweats·

past tense

sweated·

present participle

sweating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sweat

What does sweat mean?

sweat means "salty fluid secreted by sweat glands". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sweat?

sweat has 1 syllable: sweat. In IPA it is /ˈswɛt/.

What is another word for sweat?

Close synonyms include perspiration, sudor, fret, stew, lather. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweat a common word?

sweat is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.