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
   "She sweated for years to make a decent living";
   - tug, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, drive, plow [US], plough on [Brit], plough [Brit], plow on [US]
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
   "I sweat about my job";
   - worry
    
4. (cooking) heat vegetables with a small amount of fat in a closed pan so they cook in their own steam
   "Sweat the onions until they're translucent"
    
5. (plumbing) solder together
   "The plumber sweated the copper pipes to create a watertight joint"

Derived forms: sweatings

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

Encyclopedia: Sweating