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Noun

  1. 1

    sweat

    A clear salty liquid that is excreted through the skin when one is hot, sick or nervous.

    Korean definition: 덥거나 몸이 아프거나 긴장을 했을 때 피부를 통해 나오는 짭짤한 맑은 액체.

    • After running two laps around the field, Yumin sat in the shade to cool off her sweat.

    • Eating hot samgyetang in the summer heat, sweat poured down my forehead like rain.

  2. 2

    sweat

    (figurative) Hard work or effort.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 노력이나 수고.

    • The athlete did his best in the competition so that the sweat he had shed all that time would not be in vain.

    • The Nobel Prize in Physics Dr. Kim received was the result of the sweat and tenacity he had poured in over the years.