COLD SWEAT

Meaning of COLD SWEAT in English

( cold sweats)

If you are in a cold sweat , you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.

He awoke from his sleep in a cold sweat.

N-COUNT : usu sing , usu in/into N

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COLD SWEAT — noun Date: 1582 concurrent perspiration and chill usually associated with fear, pain, or shock
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLD-SWEAT — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: cold (IV) : to sweat (as hides) in cold water
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLD SWEAT — noun Etymology: cold (I) : perspiration accompanied by feelings of chill or cold and usually induced or accompanied by dread, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLD SWEAT — a chill accompanied by perspiration, caused by fear, nervousness, or the like. [ 1700-10 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLD SWEAT — sweat which is excreted even though a person feels cold
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COLD SWEAT — Date: 1582 : concurrent perspiration and chill usually associated with fear, pain, or shock
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLD SWEAT — Function: noun Date: 1582 : concurrent perspiration and chill usually associated with fear, pain, or shock
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COLD SWEAT — ■ noun a state of sweating induced by nervousness or illness.
Concise Oxford English vocab
COLD SWEAT — [cold sweat] n (1706): concurrent perspiration and chill usu. associated with fear, pain, or shock
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLD SWEAT — noun [ usually sing. ] a state when you have sweat on your face or body but still feel cold, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLD SWEAT — (~s) If you are in a ~, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COLD SWEAT — Synonyms and related words : BO, abhorrence, abomination, agitation, all-overs, allergy, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, beaded brow, beads of sweat, body …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWEAT — I. ˈswet, usu -ed.+V verb ( sweat “ ; or sweated -ed.ə̇d, -etə̇d ; or dialect swat ˈswät, also -wȯt; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLD — I. ˈkōld adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cald, ceald; akin to Old High German kalt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWEAT — — sweatless , adj. /swet/ , v. , sweat or sweated, sweating , n. , adj. v.i. 1. to perspire, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLD — — coldish , adj. — coldly , adv. — coldness , n. /kohld/ , adj., colder, coldest , n., adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWEAT — I. ˈswet verb ( sweat or sweat·ed ; sweat·ing ) Etymology: Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from swāt …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLD — I. ˈkōld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ceald, cald; akin to Old High German kalt cold, Latin gelu …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWEAT — vi the sweating sickness. 2. sweat ·impf & ·p.p. of sweat. 3. sweat ·vi a short run by a race …
Webster English vocab
COLD — vi to become cold. 2. cold ·noun not pungent or acrid. 3. cold ·noun not sensitive; not acute. 4. cold …
Webster English vocab
SWEAT — [sweat] vb sweat or sweat.ed ; sweat.ing [ME sweten, fr. OE swaetan, fr. swat sweat; akin to OHG sweiz sweat, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLD — [cold] adj [ME, fr. OE ceald, cald; akin to OHG kalt cold, L gelu frost, gelare to freeze] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLD — cold BrE AmE kəʊld ⇨kɒʊld AmE koʊld ▷ colder ˈkəʊld ə ⇨ˈkɒʊld- AmE ˈkoʊld ə r ▷ coldest ˈkəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWEAT — / swet; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun LIQUID ON SKIN 1. [ U ] drops of liquid that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLD — / kəʊld; NAmE koʊld/ adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( cold·er , cold·est ) LOW TEMPERATURE 1. having …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWEAT — I. sweat 1 /swet/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: swætan , from swat 'sweat' (noun) ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLD — I. cold 1 S1 W1 /kəʊld $ koʊld/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative colder , superlative coldest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWEAT — n. & v. --n. 1 moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, esp. from heat or nervousness. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWEAT — n. & v. n. 1 moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, esp. from heat or nervousness. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLD — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWEAT — n. & v. --n. 1. moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, esp. from heat or nervousness. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
COLD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the …
Oxford English vocab
SWEAT — ( sweats, sweating, sweated) 1. Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLD — ( colder, coldest, colds) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWEAT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be dripping with blood/sweat etc ▪ The hand that held the gun was dripping …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/chill wind ▪ There was a cold wind this afternoon. a cold/cough/flu remedy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWEAT — [formal] perspiration [noun] [U]The dancers were dripping/pouring with sweat (= the salty colourless liquid that you excrete through your skin) …
Cambridge English vocab
COLD — (UNFRIENDLY) [adjective] -er, -est - not showing or influenced by affection, kindness or feeling and not friendlyHis handshake was cold, …
Cambridge English vocab
SWEAT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLD — Synonyms and related words : Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, Laodicean, Olympian, Siberian, abruptly, absolutely, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, affectless, ague, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWEAT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ clammy ▪ My shirt stuck to the clammy ~ on my back. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWEAT — See ↑ SWEAT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be covered/drenched/soaked in sweat • ↑ be pouring/dripping with sweat • ↑ break …
Longman Activator English vocab
SWEAT — INDEX: 1. to sweat 2. the liquid that appears on your skin when you sweat 3. covered in sweat RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
COLD — INDEX: 1. cold weather 2. extremely cold weather 3. pleasantly cold weather 4. person 5. place/room 6. liquid/object/surface 7. food/drink …
Longman Activator English vocab
COLD — See ↑ COLD 1,4,5,6,7,7, ↑ FEEL 13, ↑ UNFRIENDLY 1, ↑ WEATHER 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be blue with cold …
Longman Activator English vocab
SWEAT — v. 1 perspire, glow That workout made me sweat 2 Often, sweat out. worry, be anxious, agonize, anguish, bite (one's) …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SWEAT — 1. сущ. 1) а) испарина, пот beads of sweat ≈ капельки пота to break out in a cold sweat ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLD — 1. прил. 1) холодный а) имеющий температуру некомфортную для человека It is cold outside today. ≈ Сегодня на улице холодно. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWEAT — sweat.ogg 1. swet n 1. пот, испарина to break into a sweat - покрыться потом he is dripping with sweat …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLD — 1. kəʋld n 1. холод, стужа intense dreadful, murderous, piercing cold - сильный ужасный, убийственный, пронизывающий холод icy cold - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLD — cold прил.1) холодный а) имеющий температуру некомфортную для человека It is cold outside today. — Сегодня на улице холодно. a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SWEAT — 1. swet n 1. пот, испарина to break into a sweat - покрыться потом he is dripping with sweat - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COLD — 1. kəʋld n 1. холод, стужа intense dreadful, murderous, piercing cold - сильный ужасный, убийственный, пронизывающий холод icy cold - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SWEAT — 1. сущ. 1) а) испарина, пот beads of sweat — капельки пота to break out in a cold sweat — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COLD — 1. прил. 1) холодный а) ( имеющий температуру некомфортную для человека ) It is cold outside today. — Сегодня на …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SWEAT — 1. сущ. 1) а) испарина, пот beads of sweat — капельки пота to break out in a cold sweat — покрыться холодной испариной His face …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
COLD — 1. прил. 1) холодный а) (имеющий температуру некомфортную для человека) It is cold outside today. — Сегодня на улице холодно. a cold attic — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SWEAT — 1. _n. 1> пот, испарина; in a sweat - весь в поту; all of a sweat - взмокший от пота …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
COLD — 1. _a. 1> холодный; as cold as ice/as a stone/as a key - холодный как лед/камень; it makes one's blood …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SWEAT — 1. n. 1. пот, испарина; in a sweat - весь в поту; all of a sweat - взмокший от пота …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
COLD — 1. a. 1. холодный; as cold as ice/as a stone/as a key - холодный как лед/камень; it makes one's blood …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SWEAT — 1. _n. 1> пот, испарина; in a sweat весь в поту; all of a sweat взмокший от пота {см. тж. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
COLD — 1. _a. 1> холодный; to be (или to feel) cold зябнуть, мёрзнуть; I am cold мне холодно; as cold as …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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