3. testify, testify under oath, give evidence, witness, bear witness to, depose, depone; sign an affidavit; tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
4. curse,
Inf. cuss, blaspheme, take the name of the Lord in vain; use profanity, be profane or sacrilegious or irreverent; swear like a stevedore or muleteer or trooper, Inf cuss a blue streak, turn the air blue, be foul-mouthed; imprecate, damn, curse in every language one knows, curse up hill and down dale, execrate, anathematize, denunciate, SI. badmouth.
5. swear by a. Informal, rely on, depend on, have confidence in, trust, trust implicitly, believe in, count on; guarantee, avouch, vouch for, stake one's life on; respect, admire, reverence, worship, venerate, b. know, know for certain, be sure, be positive, Inf. be one-thousand percent sure; confirm, substantiate, document, demonstrate, prove, warrant. sweat, v. 1. perspire, Obs. sudate; swelter, drip with sweat, SI. sweat bullets.
2. execrate, exude, transude, ooze; distill, condense.
3. Informal, drudge, work hard, grind, grub, toil, moil, plod, slog, peg, Inf. plug along, Brit. SI. swot; slave, sweat and slave, Inf. scratch, Inf. hustle; work like a slave, work like a coal miner, work like a horse, Inf. work one's head off, Brit. Archaic, swink.
4. Informal, fret, fuss, worry, agonize, torture oneself, writhe, lose sleep over, toss and turn, stay awake nights, Inf. stew.
5. sweat [s.t.] out Slang, a. endure, last, hold up or out, see [s.t.] through, never say die, never give up, Inf stick it out, Inf. go the distance, Inf hang tough, b. strive, struggle, endeavor, strain, exert oneself, SI. sweat blood.
-n. 6. perspiration, sudoresis, Med. diaphoresis, Obs. sudation, Latin, sudor; body odor, BO.
7. Informal, drudgery, toil, moil, travail, hard work, slave labor, slavery; manual labor, spadework, backbreaking, work, Brit. SI. swot.
8. Informal, fuss, fluster, flurry, dither, twitter, fret, bother, pother, Inf. stew, Inf lather, Inf tizzy, Archaic. pucker. sweaty, adj. 1. clammy, Inf. sticky; soaked, dripping with sweat; perspiring, sudoriferous, sudoriparous, sudorific.
2. laborious, strenuous, toilsome, arduous, operose, oppressive, onerous, backbreaking, uphill; hard, difficult, rough, tough, sweep, v. 1. Often sweep away or out whisk, brush, vacuum; clean, clean up, spruce up, tidy up, clear out, remove the dirt from; dust, wipe, swipe, swab, mop, scrub.
2. force, push, drive, blow, drift, carry, move; draw, pull, stroke, paint; clear, open, make a path through.
3. pan, scour, comb, winnow, sift through, rout through, search through; drag across, flow along, stream along, trail over, pass over; graze, brush against, rub against, glance, touch, hit; shave, skim, scrape, chafe, abrade.
4. curve, round, arch, bow, bend, Archit. embow; compass, go or move around or round, lap, circle, circuit, circumambulate, surround, encircle, encompass; extend, range, stretch, reach, go; span, cover, include, comprise.
5. Usu. sweep along or through scurry, hurry, rush, run, haste, hasten, career, hie, hightail it, scamper, Inf. skedaddle; dash, dart, shoot, tear, sprint, race, fly, go like the wind, streak, bolt; whip along, spank, zoom, whoosh, whiz, go like lightning, SI. zing, SI. zip, SI.