sweats
/swɛts/
noun
- Plural of sweat; drops of salty liquid that come out of your skin when you are hot, nervous, or exercising.
- The nervous speaker had sweats on his palms before the presentation.
- She could feel the cold sweats as the fever set in.
- After the long run, he wiped the sweats from his forehead.
- Informal term for a sweatshirt or sweatpants, often used in the plural.
- She packed a pair of sweats for the long flight.
- He wore his favorite gray sweats to the movie theater.
- After work, I like to change into comfortable sweats.
- A state of anxiety or nervousness (usually in phrases like 'in a cold sweat' or 'the sweats').
- The thought of the exam gave him the sweats.
- She woke up in a cold sweat from the nightmare.
- Waiting for the interview results, he had the sweats all morning.
verb
- Third person singular present tense of sweat; to produce sweat from the skin.
- The chef sweats over the hot stove for hours.
- She sweats nervously before every job interview.
- He sweats a lot when he exercises in the summer.
- To work very hard or worry intensely about something.
- The team sweats every detail of the project to get it right.
- He sweats over his grades, studying late into the night.
- Don't sweat the small stuff; it's not worth the stress.