Sweat

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Sweat

Sweat : வியர்வை

Sweat : வியர்வை

Sweat definition

Imperative. & Past Participle. of Sweat

Intransitive verb.

  1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.
  2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
  3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
  4. The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiratioNoun. See Perspiration.
  5. The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
  6. Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
  7. The sweating sickness.
  8. A short run by a race horse in exercise.

Transitive verb.

  1. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
  2. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.
  3. To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.
  4. To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.