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Look up: Sweat

  1. Sweat
    Cooking vegetables over low heat in a small amount of fat to release their moisture, flavor and to have them look translucent..
    Found on http://www.goodcooking.com/basic_ck.htm

  2. sweat
    [n] - condensation of moisture on a cold surface 2. [v] - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Sweat
    Sweat: A colorless transparent acidic fluid with a distinctive odor secreted by the small tubular sudoriferous (sweat) glands situated within the skin and under it in the subcutaneous tissue. The sweat glands discharge their fluid through tiny openings in the surface of the skin. Sweat contains fatty acids and mineral matter as well as a potent ant ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. sweat
    1)the watery secretion of the sweat glands; 2)to secrete sweat; to perspire Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Sweat
    Sweat intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sweat or Sweated (Obsolete Swat ); present participle & verbal noun Sweating .] [ Middle English sweten , Anglo-Saxon swętan , from swāt , noun , sweat; akin to OFries. & Old Saxon swēt , Dutch zweet , Old High Germa ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/256

  6. Sweat
    Sweat transitive verb 1. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. 2. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. « It made her not a drop for sweat Chaucer. « With exercise she sweat ill humors out.» Dryden. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/256

  7. Sweat
    Sweat noun [ Confer Middle English swot , Anglo-Saxon swāt . See Sweat , intransitive verb ] 1. (Physiol.) 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/256

  8. sweat
    1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. ... 2. To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. 'He 'd have the poets sweat.' (Waller) ... 3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. ... Origin: OE. Sweten, AS. Swaetan, fr. Swat, n, sweat; akin to OFries. & OS. Swet, D. Zweet, OHG. Sweiz, G. Schweiss, Icel. Sviti, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. sweat
    noun condensation of moisture on a cold surface; `the cold glasses were streaked with sweat`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. SWEAT
    `SWEAT` is an OLN/TSN show hosted by Julie Zwillich that aired in 2003-2004. Each of the 13 half-hour episodes of SWEAT features a different outdoor sport: kayaking, mountain biking, ice hockey, beach volleyball, soccer, windsurfing, rowing, Ultimate, triathlon, wakeboarding, snowboarding, telemark skiing and kiteboarding. Guest experts provide examples of the latest sport-specific gear, and techniques as well as provide nutrition and training t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWEAT

  11. sweat
    (swet) the salty fluid, consisting largely of water, excreted by the sweat glands to cool the skin and keep the body temperature at a constant level. In an environment with a high temperature, during strenuous exertion, or in times of unusual emotional stress, the sweat output of the body may be more than several liters...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  12. Sweat
    • (v. i.) To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. • (v. i.) The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery. • (v. i.) A short run by a race horse in exercise. • (v. i.) To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. • (v. t.) To emit or suffer to flow from the p...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. sweat
    the moisture excreted in visible quantities through the openings of the sweat glands. See perspiration.[4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/195

  14. Sweat
    Faye, 20th century pathologist. See: Puchtler-Sweat stains
    Found on

  15. sweat
    1. agitation resulting from active worry
    2. condensation of moisture on a cold surface
    3. use of physical or mental energy; hard work

    Found on

  16. sweat
    sweat or perspiration,fluid secreted by the sweat glands of mammalian skin and containing water, salts, and waste products of body metabolism such as urea. The dissolved solid content of sweat is only one eighth that of an equal volume of urine, the body's main vehicle of salt excretion; however, ex...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08473


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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