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1. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
   "sweating is a homeostatic process"
   - perspiration, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis

1. Being wet with perspiration
   "his sweating face"
   - perspiring, sweaty

1. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
   "Exercise makes one sweat"
   - sudate, perspire
    
2. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
   - tug, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, drive
    
3. Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
   - worry
    
4. (plumbing) solder together

Derived forms: sweatings

See also: sweat off, sweater

Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, egest, eliminate, excrete, fight, pass, struggle

Encyclopedia: Sweat