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sweat verb. Pa. t. sweated, (now US & dial.) sweat; pa. pple sweated, sweat.

I.
verb intrans. Excrete sweat through the pores of the skin. OE.
G. Vidal Though the room was not hot, I was sweating nervously.
verb trans. Exude through the pores of the skin, as or like sweat. OE.
b. fig. Get rid of (as) by sweating. Also foll. by away, out. OE.
sweat blood (a) exert oneself to the utmost; (b) be extremely anxious. sweat one's guts out: see GUT noun.
J. Snow I..sweated the drink..out of my system. J. M. Coetzee You must sweat the fever out.
c. Foll. by off: remove or lose (weight etc.) by strenuous exercise. L19.
T. O'Brien Sweat off the fat rolls, turn lean.
verb trans. Cause to sweat; spec. give (a horse) a run for exercise. L16.
W. van T. Clark Cold as it was, the climb had sweated him.
b. Interrogate (a prisoner etc.) closely; extort a confession from (a prisoner) by torture or close interrogation. slang. M18.
verb trans. Soak or stain with sweat. Now chiefly N. Amer. L16.
II. fig.
verb intrans. Work hard, toil, labour. Freq. foll. by to do. OE.
Ink The administrative side is sweating to make this..happen. Golf World Players who..sweated long and hard..to secure a spot among the lower reaches.
b. verb trans. Exact hard work from; spec. (chiefly as SWEATED) employ (labour, workers) at very low wages for long hours under poor conditions. E19.
a. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Suffer anxiety or distress. Now colloq. LME.
J. Wainwright Put Barker in the dock and..you could have made him sweat. D. Mamet Don't sweat it, George...You've nothing to hide.
b. verb trans. Foll. by out: await or endure anxiously. colloq. L19.
D. Fletcher I had no intention of telling Hugo...Let him sweat that one out.
c. verb intrans. Foll. by on: await (an event or person) anxiously. slang (chiefly Austral.). E20.
verb trans.
a. Work hard to get, make, or produce. (Foll. by out.) L16.
Byron Sweating plays so middling, bad were better.
b. Nautical. Set or hoist (a sail etc.) taut, so as to increase speed. L19.
verb intrans. Undergo severe punishment or suffering. Freq. in sweat for it, suffer the penalty. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
III. transf.
verb intrans. Exude or condense moisture in the form of drops on a surface, spec. as part of a manufacturing process. OE.
Homes & Gardens Lay the fish..in the pan..and let them sweat in their own juices. Amateur Gardening Fruit..put into store..starts to sweat.
b. verb trans. Cause to exude moisture in this way; spec. (a) subject (hides or tobacco) to fermentation in manufacturing; (b) heat (meat, vegetables, etc.) in a pan with fat or water, in order to extract the juices. L17.
J. Grigson Sweat the onion..in a little olive oil.
c. verb trans. Metallurgy. Subject (metal) to partial melting, esp. to fasten or join by solder without a soldering iron. L19.
verb trans. Exude (moisture etc.) in drops like sweat. LME.
verb intrans. Ooze out like sweat. LME.
verb trans. Lighten (a gold coin) by friction or attrition. rare. L18.
verb trans. Deprive or rob of something; rob (a vessel) of some of its contents. arch. slang. E19.
sweatingly adverb (rare) (a) as in the form of sweat; (b) so as to cause sweating: L16.