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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sweat suit
noun
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sweat suit

Sweat \Sweat\, n. [Cf. OE. swot, AS. sw[=a]t. See Sweat, v. i.]

  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 Perspiration.

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
    --Gen. iii. 19.

  2. The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
    --Shak.

  3. Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
    --Mortimer.

  4. The sweating sickness. [Obs.]
    --Holinshed.

  5. (Man.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.

    Sweat box (Naut.), a small closet in which refractory men are confined.

    Sweat glands (Anat.), sudoriferous glands. See under Sudoriferous.

    sweat suit A suit comprising a top and trousers, having full arms and legs, used while performing physical exercises, esp. out-of-doors.

    Sweat equity The rights to a portion of ownership or profit, hypothetically owned by a worker who participated in producing a product, such as in improving a piece of real estate.

WordNet
sweat suit

n. garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt [syn: sweatsuit, sweats, workout suit]

Usage examples of "sweat suit".

He stood and wiped his face with the sleeve of his grey sweat suit.

The sweat suit was grimy, and he wondered if he was allowed to go to the post laundromat, or if he had to send his son after school or his wife after work.

Tall and slim, he almost always wore sneakers and a cotton sweat suit as if he expected at any moment to play basketball, his favorite leisure activity.

Shannon came out of the spa wearing a white velour sweat suit, with her hair bound up in a towel.

They drove home, and she changed into a sweat suit and set off again.

Then he burst into a laugh, pulled a lighter from a pocket of his sweat suit and lit the cigar stub.

Aguirrez had shed his blue sweat suit and black beret and was im- peccably dressed in a dark-gray suit that would have cost Austin a week's pay.