Collocations for sweat - noun
ADJ.
heavy | fine, light | clammy
My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back.
My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back.
cold | stale
The room smelled of stale sweat.
The room smelled of stale sweat.
good
We worked up a good sweat carrying the boxes outside.
We worked up a good sweat carrying the boxes outside.
QUANT.
bead, drop, trickle
VERB + SWEAT
break into, break out in/into
She broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the spider.
She broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the spider.
work up | wake (up) in | bring sb out in | be bathed/covered/drenched/soaked in, be beaded/streaming with, be dripping (with), be slippery/wet with, glisten with
The workmen were streaming with sweat. | His forehead was dripping sweat.
The workmen were streaming with sweat. | His forehead was dripping sweat.
mop, wipe
He mopped the sweat from his brow.
He mopped the sweat from his brow.
SWEAT + VERB
appear, break out
His hands trembled and sweat broke out all over his body.
His hands trembled and sweat broke out all over his body.
glisten, stand out
sweat glistening on her forehead Sweat stood out on his shoulders.
sweat glistening on her forehead Sweat stood out on his shoulders.
bead sth, drip/pour/run from/into/off sth, run/trickle down sth
Sweat beaded her face. | Sweat was running down his back.
Sweat beaded her face. | Sweat was running down his back.
soak sth
SWEAT + NOUN
gland
PREP.
in a ~
She woke up in a cold sweat.
She woke up in a cold sweat.