Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sweat
Participle: sweated; sweat
Gerund: sweating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sweat |
| you | sweat |
| he;she;it | sweats |
| we | sweat |
| you | sweat |
| they | sweat |
Perfect
| I | have sweated; sweat |
| you | have sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | has sweated; sweat |
| we | have sweated; sweat |
| you | have sweated; sweat |
| they | have sweated; sweat |
Past
| I | sweated; sweat |
| you | sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | sweated; sweat |
| we | sweated; sweat |
| you | sweated; sweat |
| they | sweated; sweat |
Pluperfect
| I | had sweated; sweat |
| you | had sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | had sweated; sweat |
| we | had sweated; sweat |
| you | had sweated; sweat |
| they | had sweated; sweat |
Future
| I | will sweat |
| you | will sweat |
| he;she;it | will sweat |
| we | will sweat |
| you | will sweat |
| they | will sweat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sweated; sweat |
| you | will have sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | will have sweated; sweat |
| we | will have sweated; sweat |
| you | will have sweated; sweat |
| they | will have sweated; sweat |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sweat |
| you | sweat |
| he;she;it | sweat |
| we | sweat |
| you | sweat |
| they | sweat |
Perfect
| I | have sweated; sweat |
| you | have sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | have sweated; sweat |
| we | have sweated; sweat |
| you | have sweated; sweat |
| they | have sweated; sweat |
Imperfect
| I | sweated; sweat |
| you | sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | sweated; sweat |
| we | sweated; sweat |
| you | sweated; sweat |
| they | sweated; sweat |
Pluperfect
| I | had sweated; sweat |
| you | had sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | had sweated; sweat |
| we | had sweated; sweat |
| you | had sweated; sweat |
| they | had sweated; sweat |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sweat |
| you | would sweat |
| he;she;it | would sweat |
| we | would sweat |
| you | would sweat |
| they | would sweat |
Perfect
| I | would have sweated; sweat |
| you | would have sweated; sweat |
| he;she;it | would have sweated; sweat |
| we | would have sweated; sweat |
| you | would have sweated; sweat |
| they | would have sweated; sweat |
Imperative
| you | sweat |
| we | Let's sweat |
| you | sweat |
Verbs conjugated like 'sweat'
cast,
overcast,
recast,
sweat,
downcast,
forcast,
forswart,
forthcast,
livecast,
newcast,
outsweat,
scomfit,
typecast,
vidcast,
Verbs similar to 'sweat'
seat,
swat,
sweal,
swear,
sweet,
beat,
bleat,
cheat,
cleat,
eat,
Additional Information
In the sense of to make sweat 'to sweat' is regular. The irregular forms are used mainly in British English.
Etymology
1. O.E.
swætan "perspire, work hard." The noun is from O.E.
swat "sweat" (which became M.E.
swote, but altered under the influence of the verb), from P.Gmc.
*swaita (cf. O.S., O.Fris.
swet, O.N.
sveiti, Dan.
sved "sweat," Swed.
svett, M.Du.
sweet, Du.
zweet, O.H.G.
sweiz, Ger.
Schweiß), from PIE
*sweid-/*swoid- (cf. Skt.
svedah "sweat," Avestan
xvaeda- "sweat," Gk.
hidros "sweat, perspiration," L.
sudor, Lett.
swiedri, Welsh
chwys "sweat"). Meaning "to be worried, vexed" is recorded from c.1400.
Sweatshirt first recorded 1929;
sweatpants is from 1957.
Sweat equity is from 1968.
2. From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”). Compare Dutch zweten, German schwitzen, Danish svede. Doublet of shvitz. See: Middle English '
sweten', Proto-Germanic '
*swaitijaną', Dutch '
zweten', German, old spelling '
schwitzen', Danish '
svede'.
Verbs referencing "sweat"
English
shvitz, Luxembourgish
schweessen, Sanskrit
स्विद्यति, Sranan
sweti.
Sample Sentences
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“ But she sweats so, nights ! ” “ Well, I have, these ten years. Very often, night after night, my clothes will be wringing wet. There won't be a dry thread in my night-clothes and the sheets will be so that Mammy [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] years. Very often, night after night, my clothes will be wringing wet. There won't be a dry thread in my night-clothes and the sheets will be so that Mammy has to hang them up to dry ! Eva doesn't sweat anything like that ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] he stumbled back in the sitting-room, and sat down; “ I'll let that fellow alone, after this ! What did I want of his cussed paper ? I b’lieve I am bewitched, sure enough ! I 've been shivering and sweating, ever since ! Where did he get that hair ? It couldn't have been _that ! _ I burnt _that_ up, I know I did ! It would be a joke, if hair could rise from the dead ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Well, ” said he, chuckling brutally; “ at any rate, they 've got themselves into a trap now—the baggage ! They 're safe enough. They shall sweat for it ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Stealing ! ” said Cassy, with a scornful laugh. “ They who steal body and soul needn't talk to us. Every one of these bills is stolen,—stolen from poor, starving, sweating creatures, who must go to the devil at last, for his profit. Let _him_ talk about stealing ! But come, we may as well go up garret; I 've got a stock of candles there, and some books to pass away [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] heard the still rustle of its ghostly garments. It stood still by his bed; — a cold hand touched his; a voice said, three times, in a low, fearful whisper, “ Come ! come ! come ! ” And, while he lay sweating with terror, he knew not when or how, the thing was gone. He sprang out of bed, and pulled at the door. It was shut and locked, and the man fell down in a swoon.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)