sweats

1. 1
   nouncolloquialplural

   A loose, soft set of clothes (a top and pants) worn for exercise or relaxing.

   She pulled on her sweats and headed out for a jog.

   He spent the whole rainy weekend lounging around in old gray sweats.

   Similartracksuit

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular of sweat. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   She sweats heavily whenever she works out in the heat.

   The cold glass sweats on a humid summer afternoon.

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3. 3
   noun

   Plural of sweat. Use this form when talking about more than one episode of sweating.

   Night sweats kept her awake for hours at a time.

   The fever brought on cold sweats that soaked through the sheets.

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4. 4
   nouncolloquialplural

   A nervous, worried feeling, often coming on suddenly before something stressful.

   She got the sweats while waiting for her test results.

   Just thinking about the speech gives him the sweats.

   Similarjitters, nerves, willies

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialplural

   An illness that makes a person sweat a great deal.

   Half the village came down with the sweats that summer.

   By morning the sailors had the sweats and could barely stand.

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