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verb ADV. freely, heavily, a lot, profusely | slightly | off He's trying to sweat off a few pounds in the gym. VERB + SWEAT begin to | make sb The heat was making us sweat. PREP. from We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. | with He awoke with a pounding heart, sweating with fear. PHRASES sweat buckets, sweat like a pig (both informal) After two hours of digging he was sweating like a pig., noun ADJ. heavy | fine, light | clammy My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back. | cold | stale The room smelled of stale sweat. | good We worked up a good sweat carrying the boxes outside. QUANT. bead, drop, trickle VERB + SWEAT break into, break out in/into She broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the spider. | work up | wake (up) in | bring sb out in | be bathed/covered/drenched/soaked in, be beaded/streaming with, be dripping (with), be slippery/wet with, glisten with The workmen were streaming with sweat. His forehead was dripping sweat. | mop, wipe He mopped the sweat from his brow. SWEAT + VERB appear, break out His hands trembled and sweat broke out all over his body. | glisten, stand out sweat glistening on her forehead Sweat stood out on his shoulders. | bead sth, drip/pour/run from/into/off sth, run/trickle down sth Sweat beaded her face. Sweat was running down his back. | soak sth SWEAT + NOUN gland PREP. in a ~ She woke up in a cold sweat.
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sweat
verbs
be dripping with sweat
• After two hours' climbing, their bodies were dripping with sweat.
be drenched/soaked with sweat
(= be covered in a lot of sweat )
• His shirt was drenched with sweat.
sweat runs/pours somewhere
• My hand was shaking and sweat was pouring off my forehead.
sweat trickles somewhere
(= flows slowly )
• I could feel the sweat trickling down my back.
glisten with sweat
(= be wet and shiny with sweat )
• His chest glistened with sweat.
phrases
beads of sweat
(= drops of sweat )
• There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
a trickle of sweat
(= sweat that is flowing somewhere )
• A trickle of sweat ran down my neck.
be wet/damp with sweat
• She had been exercising and her hair was damp with sweat.
sweat stands out on somebody's forehead
(= there are drops of sweat on somebody's forehead )
• Sweat stood out on Ian's forehead.
wipe the sweat from your brow/forehead
• He wiped the sweat from his brow and carried on digging.
adjectives
stale sweat
• The room smelt of stale sweat.
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