Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.
Hard work; toil.
A surname.
From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with...
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To cause to excrete moisture through skin.