No sweat! Definition

sweat
noun

1. The salty liquid produced actively by the sweat glands and given out through the pores of the skin, especially in response to great heat, physical exertion, nervousness or fear.
2. The state, or a period, of giving off such moisture.
3. colloq
Any activity that causes the body to give off such moisture.
4. colloq
Any laborious activity.
5. Moisture given out by or forming on the surface of any of various substances or objects.
(especially N Amer)
6. colloq
A sweatshirt.
(especially N Amer)
7a. colloq
sweat pants;
Form: sweats
(especially N Amer)
7b. colloq
A sweatsuit.
Form: sweats

verb sweated, sweat, sweating

intr
1. To give out sweat through the pores of the skin.

Thesaurus: perspire, swelter, wilt.
intr
2. To release a sweat-like moisture, as cheese does when warm, or to gather condensed moisture on the surface, as a glass of cold liquid does.
intr
3. colloq
To be nervous, anxious or afraid.
4. To give out (blood, sap, etc) like sweat or in a similar way to sweat.

Thesaurus: exude, secrete.
5. To cook (eg meat or vegetables) slowly so as to release their juices.
6. To exercise (eg a racehorse) strenuously, to the point of producing sweat.
7. To force or extort money, information, etc from someone.

Idiom: in a sweat (in a cold sweat)

colloq
In a worried or anxious state.

Idiom: No sweat!

That presents no problems.

Okay!

Idiom: sweat blood

To work extremely hard.

To be in a state of great anxiety.

Idiom: sweat it out

colloq
To endure a difficult or unpleasant situation to the end, especially to wait for a long time in nervous anticipation.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon swætan.

Phrasal Verb: sweat something off

To remove (weight, fat, etc) by exercise that makes one sweat.