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# sweat

noun (sweat, uncountable); verb (sweat, sweats, sweated or sweat, sweating); adjective sweaty

«sweat» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sweat is the salty water that comes out of your skin when you are hot, exercising, ill or nervous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#m1)
2. To sweat means to give out sweat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#m2)
3. To sweat can mean to work very hard, or to worry: don't sweat it means don't worry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons sweating cools the body: sweat dries (evaporates) from the skin and takes heat away. When you sweat a lot in sport or hot weather, drink water to replace it. In hygiene lessons, wash and change clothes after sweating so you don't smell. Phrases: cold sweat, no sweat (easy), sweat it out, break a sweat, sweatshirt.

### Examples

- I sweat a lot when I play football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x1)
- Sweat helps your body cool down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x2)
- Drink water when you sweat on hot days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x3)
- He was in a cold sweat before the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x4)
- No sweat, I can do that easily! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x5)
- My T-shirt was wet with sweat after the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x6)
- Have a shower after sport to wash off the sweat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x7)
- Don't sweat it; everyone makes mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x8)
- The sweat ran down his face, but he dried it with his gauntlet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable noun: some sweat. Past: «sweated» (also «sweat» in American English). «Sweat» rhymes with «wet» (not with «sweet»). A «sweatshirt» is a warm top, and «sweatpants» are soft trousers. Fresh sweat has little smell; the smell comes from bacteria on the skin.

## In Jewish tradition

In "the sweat of thy face" it stands for hard labor, part of Adam's punishment after he ate the forbidden fruit.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as the start of human work. Work is seen as hard, but also as a way to live well and be responsible.

### Examples

- In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.' (Torah GEN.3.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweat/#x1)
- They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. (Prophets EZK.44.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweat/#x2)

### Note

Uncountable noun: some sweat. Past: «sweated» (also «sweat» in American English). «Sweat» rhymes with «wet» (not with «sweet»). A «sweatshirt» is a warm top, and «sweatpants» are soft trousers. Fresh sweat has little smell; the smell comes from bacteria on the skin.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sweat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sweat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sweat.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sweat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sweat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sweat.html) on Mova free.