Sweat is the fluid excreted by the sweat glands during

perspiration Perspiration, also known as sweating, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distrib ...

. Sweat or sweating may also refer to:

Places

SWEAT (hypothesis) SWEAT (which stands for Southwestern United States and East Antarctica) is the hypothesis that the Southwestern United States was at one time connected to East Antarctica. The hypothesis of a late Precambrian fit of western North America with t ...

, which proposes that the Southwestern United States was at one time connected to East Antarctica *

Sweat Mountain Sweat Mountain is a mountain in far northeastern Cobb County, Georgia, in the suburbs north of Atlanta. The exact GNIS location of its summit is , and it has an official (USGS) elevation of above mean sea level. It is the second-highest point i ...

, in the U.S. state of Georgia

People

Brooke Sweat Brooke Sweat (born Brooke Youngquist; March 27, 1986) is an American professional beach volleyball player, specializing as a defender. She started her career in 2007 with the AVP tours. Sweat had her best ever international ( FIVB) finish with ...

(born 1986), American beach volleyball player *

David Sweat David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, convicted murderer who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York on June 6, 2015 * John B. Sweat (1827–1893), Wisconsin state legislator *

Josh Sweat Josh Sweat (born March 29, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida State. High school career A native of Chesapeake, Virginia, Sweat ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Keith Sweat Keith Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and an early figure in the new jack swing musical movement. He is known for his collection of hits including "I Want Her", " Make It Last Forever", "I'll Give A ...

(born 1961), R&B/soul singer, songwriter and record producer *

Lorenzo De Medici Sweat Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (May 26, 1818 – July 26, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. Early life and education He was born in the town of Parsonsfield in the Massachusetts District of Maine, where he attended Parsonsfield Semina ...

(1818–1898), former U.S. Representative from Maine *

Montez Sweat Shaquan Montez Sweat (born September 4, 1996) is an American football defensive end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State, Copiah–Lincoln, and Mississippi State before being ...

(born 1996), American football player * Noah S. Sweat (1922–1996), judge, law professor and state representative in Mississippi

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Sweat'' (2002 film), ''Sueurs'', a French action film * ''Sweat'' (2008 film), a short LGBT-related film, see

List of LGBT-related films of 2008 Films References {{DEFAULTSORT:LGBT-related films of 2008 Films 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myan ...

* ''Sweat'' (2020 film), a Swedish-Polish drama film

Literature

* ''Sweat'' (play), a 2015 play by Lynn Nottage * "Sweat" (short story), by American writer Zora Neale Hurston * ''Sweat'' (novel), a 1934 novel by Jorge Amado * The sweats, an alternate name for the

men's adventure Men's adventure is a genre of magazine that was published in the United States from the 1940s until the early 1970s. Catering to a male audience, these magazines featured pin-up girls and lurid tales of adventure that typically featured wartime fe ...

genre of magazines

Music

Albums

* ''Sweat'' (Hadise album), 2005 * ''Sweat'' (Kool & the Gang album), 1989 * ''Sweat'' (Nelly album), 2004 * ''Sweat'' (The System album), 1983

Songs

* "Sweat" (Bow Wow song), 2011 * "Sweat" (Ciara song), 2013 * "Sweat" (Hadise song), 1983 * "Sweat" (Snoop Dogg song) * "Sweat" (The All-American Rejects song), 2017 * "Sweat", a song by Tool from ''

Opiate An opiate, in classical pharmacology, is a substance derived from opium. In more modern usage, the term ''opioid'' is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain (including antagonis ...

'', 1992 * "Sweat", a song by Oingo Boingo from ''

Good for Your Soul ''Good for Your Soul'' is the third studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1983. It was produced by Robert Margouleff and was the band's last album to be released on A&M Records. Composition The track "No Spill Blood" i ...

'', 1983 * "Sweat", a song by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from ''

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

'', 1994 * "Sweat", a song by Zayn from ''

Nobody Is Listening ''Nobody Is Listening'' is the third solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Zayn. It was released on 15 January 2021 through RCA Records. The album features guest appearances from Syd and Devlin. It follows his previous album, ''Icarus ...

'', 2021 * "Sweat", a 1981 single by

Brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...

* "

Sweat (A La La La La Long) "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" is a song by Jamaican reggae fusion group Inner Circle, released in July 1992 as the lead single from their twelfth album, ''Bad to the Bone'' (1992). It was a number-one hit in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherla ...

", a song by Inner Circle from their 1993 album ''Bad to the Bone''

Television

* ''Sweat'' (Australian TV series), Australian drama series * ''Sweat'' (Canadian TV series), Canadian TV series

Heat

Sweat lodge A sweat lodge is a low profile hut, typically dome-shaped or oblong, and made with natural materials. The structure is the ''lodge'', and the ceremony performed within the structure may be called by some cultures a purification ceremony or simply ...

, a hut, typically dome-shaped and made with natural materials, used by Indigenous peoples of the Americas for ceremonial steam baths and prayer *

Sweating (cooking) __NOTOC__ Sweating in cooking is the gentle heating of vegetables in a little oil or butter, with frequent stirring and turning to ensure that any emitted liquid will evaporate. Sweating usually results in tender, sometimes translucent, pieces. Sw ...

, heating vegetables in a little oil or butter, without any watery liquid * Sweating, a labour practice relating to

sweatshop A sweatshop or sweat factory is a crowded workplace with very poor, socially unacceptable or illegal working conditions. Some illegal working conditions include poor ventilation, little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting, o ...

s *

Soldering Soldering (; ) is a process in which two or more items are joined by melting and putting a filler metal (solder) into the joint, the filler metal having a lower melting point than the adjoining metal. Unlike welding, soldering does not involv ...

, a term in metalwork sometimes referred to as sweating

Other uses

* Sweat,

slang Slang is vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. It also sometimes refers to the language generally exclusive to the members of particular in-gro ...

verb meaning to agonize over, to pressure, or to stalk someone *

Sweating sickness Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or ''sudor anglicus'' in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning ...

, a mysterious disease which struck between 1485 and 1551 *

Sweating Perspiration, also known as sweating, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distr ...

, a method of coin debasement where coins are shaken in a bag and shed material is collected