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What does sweat mean?

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Noun
  1. 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.
  2. (Britain, slang, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
  3. (historical) The sweating sickness.
  4. Moisture issuing from any substance.
  5. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
  2. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire.
  3. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
  4. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
  5. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
  6. (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something). [from 20th c.]
  7. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
  8. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
  9. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
  10. (transitive, slang) To stress out.
  11. (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.
  12. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
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