July 18, 2012 - Word of the Day

sweat

When your body releases water to cool itself down, it sweats. Bodies also sweat because of nervousness or fear:

• Everyone sweats when it's hot outside. He's sweating. His body is sweaty. Sweat is dripping off of his forehead.

• He's sweating because he's nervous.

• He's sweating because he's scared.

This word is often used to describe situations in which a person is not actually sweating. It's also used in some expressions:

• Don't sweat the small stuff. (Don't worry about little things.)
• Do you need some money? No sweat. Here's ten dollars. (no sweat = no problem)
• He completed all of his work without even breaking a sweat.
• Jill sweated through seven years of college before she became a lawyer.

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