sweat

sweat
swet 1. noun
(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) svette
2. verb
1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) svette
2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) svette over, slite med
•
- sweaty
- sweatiness
- a cold sweat
I
subst. \/swet\/
1) svette
• they were dripping with sweat
svetten rant av dem
2) (overført) møye, slit, besvær
3) svetting, svettebad, svettekur
• a good sweat may cure a cold
en skikkelig svettekur kan helbrede en forkjølelse
4) (teknikk e.l.) fuktighet, svetting, svetteprosess, fuktningsprosess
be a bit of a sweat være litt av et slit
be in a cold sweat kaldsvette
be in (all of) a sweat bade i svette (overført) være svært nervøs
bloody sweat (bibelsk) blodsdråper
break out in(to) a sweat begynne å svette
by the sweat of one's brow\/face i sitt ansikts sved, med ens eget slit
no sweat (spesielt amer., hverdagslig) ingen sak, ikke noe problem
• I've climbed that hill. No sweat!
jeg har klatret opp det fjellet. Ikke noe problem!
an old sweat en gammel kriger, en veteran
II
verb (sw - sweated , amer. også: sweat -
sweat) \/swet\/
1) svette, få til å svette
• he sweated at the thought of the danger
han svettet ved tanken på faren
2) arbeide hardt, slite
3) engste seg
• give them a new test on Monday. Let them sweat
gi dem en ny prøve på mandag. La dem engste seg
4) svette ut, utdunste, utsondre
5) (medisin) sette på svettekur
• Dr. Dylan decided to sweat the patient
dr. Dylan bestemte seg for å sette pasienten på svettekur
6) (hverdagslig) presse, tyne, plyndre
• the spy tried to sweat him for information
spionen forsøkte å presse ham for informasjon
7) (teknikk e.l.) svette, la svette, la gjære
• hygiene is important when you sweat tobacco leaves
hygiene er viktig når tobakksblader svettes til gjæring
8) skrape svetten av, tørke svetten av
• sweat a horse
sweat blood slite vondt, slite beinhardt
sweated labour hardt arbeid (for sultelønn), slavearbeid
sweated through gjennomsvett
• his shirt was sweated through
skjorten hans var gjennomsvett
sweat it out slite hardt (uten å gi opp), holde ut til slutten
• they were sweating it out in the gym
de slet hardt på helsestudioet
sweat out (hverdagslig) lide seg gjennom
• they sweated out an extremely boring play
de led seg gjennom et usedvanlig kjedelig teaterstykke
kjempe seg frem til
• we sweated out a solution
vi kjempet oss frem til en løsning
(teknikk e.l.) fordampe, sildre\/dunste ut, sive gjennom, utsondre (amer. hverdagslig) slite vondt, plages
sweat out a cold svette ut en forkjølelse
sweat over something svette over noe
• I spent two hours sweating over this difficult homework
jeg satt i to timer og svettet over denne vanskelige hjemmeleksen
sweat workers arbeidere som må slite for føden, utnyttede arbeidere

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