To Sweat
- (intransitive) To emit sweat.
Synonym: perspire
- (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
Synonyms: slave, slog
- (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
- (intransitive, informal) To worry.
Synonyms: fret, worry
- (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something). [from 20th c.]
- (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
- (intransitive) To emit moisture.
- (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- (transitive, slang) To stress out.
- (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
- (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
- (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
- (transitive) To scrape the sweat from (a horse).