Kilo Lingo

/swet/

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Translation

The water that comes out of your skin when you are hot, working hard, or afraid.

Word origin

From Old English swat, the word for the water that comes from the skin.

Origin
Old English
Root
swat

Examples

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"Sweat" has no plural, so we do not say "sweats" here.

forehead.

Here "sweat" is the water on her skin.

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As a verb, "sweat" means to produce this water.

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This word is part of lesson 39.