Clues for the word "SWEAT"

We've had 155 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 343 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on April 11, 2026.

Definition of sweat

imp. & p. p. - of Sweat
v. i. - To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.
v. i. - Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
v. i. - To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
v. t. - To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
v. t. - To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.
v. t. - To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.
v. t. - To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.
v. i. - 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; perspiration. See Perspiration.
v. i. - The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
v. i. - Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
v. i. - The sweating sickness.
v. i. - A short run by a race horse in exercise.