sweat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sweat

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sweat it out
Participle: sweated it out; sweat it out
Gerund: sweating it out

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Isweat it out
yousweat it out
he;she;itsweats it out
wesweat it out
yousweat it out
theysweat it out

Perfect

Ihave sweated it out; sweat it out
youhave sweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;ithas sweated it out; sweat it out
wehave sweated it out; sweat it out
youhave sweated it out; sweat it out
theyhave sweated it out; sweat it out

Past

Isweated it out; sweat it out
yousweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;itsweated it out; sweat it out
wesweated it out; sweat it out
yousweated it out; sweat it out
theysweated it out; sweat it out

Pluperfect

Ihad sweated it out; sweat it out
youhad sweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;ithad sweated it out; sweat it out
wehad sweated it out; sweat it out
youhad sweated it out; sweat it out
theyhad sweated it out; sweat it out

Future

Iwill sweat it out
youwill sweat it out
he;she;itwill sweat it out
wewill sweat it out
youwill sweat it out
theywill sweat it out

Future Perfect

Iwill have sweated it out; sweat it out
youwill have sweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;itwill have sweated it out; sweat it out
wewill have sweated it out; sweat it out
youwill have sweated it out; sweat it out
theywill have sweated it out; sweat it out

Subjunctive

Present

Isweat it out
yousweat it out
he;she;itsweat it out
wesweat it out
yousweat it out
theysweat it out

Perfect

Ihave sweated it out; sweat it out
youhave sweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;ithave sweated it out; sweat it out
wehave sweated it out; sweat it out
youhave sweated it out; sweat it out
theyhave sweated it out; sweat it out

Imperfect

Isweated it out; sweat it out
yousweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;itsweated it out; sweat it out
wesweated it out; sweat it out
yousweated it out; sweat it out
theysweated it out; sweat it out

Pluperfect

Ihad sweated it out; sweat it out
youhad sweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;ithad sweated it out; sweat it out
wehad sweated it out; sweat it out
youhad sweated it out; sweat it out
theyhad sweated it out; sweat it out

Conditional

Present

Iwould sweat it out
youwould sweat it out
he;she;itwould sweat it out
wewould sweat it out
youwould sweat it out
theywould sweat it out

Perfect

Iwould have sweated it out; sweat it out
youwould have sweated it out; sweat it out
he;she;itwould have sweated it out; sweat it out
wewould have sweated it out; sweat it out
youwould have sweated it out; sweat it out
theywould have sweated it out; sweat it out

Imperative

yousweat it out
weLet's sweat it out
yousweat it out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam sweating it out
youare sweating it out
he;she;itis sweating it out
weare sweating it out
youare sweating it out
theyare sweating it out

Perfect

Ihave been sweating it out
youhave been sweating it out
he;she;ithas been sweating it out
wehave been sweating it out
youhave been sweating it out
theyhave been sweating it out

Past

Iwas sweating it out
youwere sweating it out
he;she;itwas sweating it out
wewere sweating it out
youwere sweating it out
theywere sweating it out

Pluperfect

Ihad been sweating it out
youhad been sweating it out
he;she;ithad been sweating it out
wehad been sweating it out
youhad been sweating it out
theyhad been sweating it out

Future

Iwill be sweating it out
youwill be sweating it out
he;she;itwill be sweating it out
wewill be sweating it out
youwill be sweating it out
theywill be sweating it out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been sweating it out
youwill have been sweating it out
he;she;itwill have been sweating it out
wewill have been sweating it out
youwill have been sweating it out
theywill have been sweating it out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be sweating it out
youwould be sweating it out
he;she;itwould be sweating it out
wewould be sweating it out
youwould be sweating it out
theywould be sweating it out

Perfect

Iwould have been sweating it out
youwould have been sweating it out
he;she;itwould have been sweating it out
wewould have been sweating it out
youwould have been sweating it out
theywould have been sweating it out

Other

Verbs similar to 'sweat'

seat, swat, sweal, swear, sweet, beat, bleat, cheat, cleat, eat,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

perspire
secrete, exude, transude, swelter, wilt
labor
toil, travail

Antonyms

labor
ease, relaxation, unemployment, idleness

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

  • “ 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)
  • [...] 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)
  • [...] 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)
  • “ 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)
  • “ 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)
  • [...] 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)