noun / verb
sweat
SWET/swet/
Moisture secreted through the skin.
Sweat beads on her forehead as she pedals the stationary bike.
Etymology
Old English swāt already named moisture exuded through the skin, so the selected meaning preserves its concrete sense. The noun also meant labor, linking the bodily moisture with the effort that produces it.
In context
it moves from the sweat glands onto the surface of your skin and as the air moves across your skin the sweat evaporates and cools off your body
More examples
- He wipes the sweat from his neck with a towel.
- My hands sweat when the room gets hot.
- I sweated through my shirt during the hike.
Forms
sweat · sweats · sweated · sweating
sweaty adjective — Covered with or damp from sweat.
Similar words
- perspiration
- A more formal term for moisture released through the skin.
- perspire
- Means to produce sweat, but sounds more formal or polite.