| sweat off | | |
| v. (body) | 1. sweat off | lose weight by sweating.; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" |
| ~ lose weight, melt off, slim, slim down, slenderize, thin, reduce | take off weight. |
| work out | | |
| v. (change) | 1. work out, work up | come up with.; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client" |
| ~ work out, elaborate | work out in detail.; "elaborate a plan" |
| ~ make grow, develop | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" |
| v. (stative) | 2. work out | happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well.; "Things worked out in an interesting way"; "Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed" |
| ~ come out, turn out | result or end.; "How will the game turn out?" |
| v. (change) | 3. elaborate, work out | work out in detail.; "elaborate a plan" |
| ~ work out, work up | come up with.; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client" |
| ~ make grow, develop | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" |
| v. (body) | 4. exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ limber up, loosen up, warm up | make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity. |
| ~ train | exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition.; "She is training for the Olympics" |
| ~ tumble | do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully. |
| ~ exercise, work, work out | give a workout to.; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" |
| ~ tone up, strengthen, tone | give a healthy elasticity to.; "Let's tone our muscles" |
| ~ weight-lift, weightlift, press | lift weights.; "This guy can press 300 pounds" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ number, total, amount, add up, come | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ quantise, quantize | apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor.; "Quantize gravity" |
| ~ work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ extract | calculate the root of a number. |
| ~ process | perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" |
| ~ prorate | divide or assess proportionally.; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month" |
| ~ miscalculate, misestimate | calculate incorrectly.; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" |
| ~ recalculate | calculate anew.; "The costs had to be recalculated" |
| ~ average out, average | compute the average of. |
| ~ factor, factor in, factor out | resolve into factors.; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" |
| ~ add together, add | make an addition by combining numbers.; "Add 27 and 49, please!" |
| ~ deduct, subtract, take off | make a subtraction.; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" |
| ~ multiply | combine by multiplication.; "multiply 10 by 15" |
| ~ fraction, divide | perform a division.; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" |
| ~ interpolate, extrapolate | estimate the value of. |
| ~ differentiate | calculate a derivative; take the derivative. |
| ~ integrate | calculate the integral of; calculate by integration. |
| ~ survey | plot a map of (land). |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| ~ budget | make a budget. |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | compute the present value of a business or an income. |
| ~ solve, resolve | find the solution.; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ answer, resolve | understand the meaning of.; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" |
| ~ riddle | explain a riddle. |
| ~ strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain" |
| ~ guess, infer | guess correctly; solve by guessing.; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" |
| ~ answer | give the correct answer or solution to.; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle" |
| ~ break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| v. (body) | 8. exercise, work, work out | give a workout to.; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ warm up | cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles.; "The coach warmed up the players before the game" |
| ~ put to work, work | cause to work.; "he is working his servants hard" |
| sweat | | |
| n. (body) | 1. perspiration, sudor, sweat | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.; "sweat poured off his brow" |
| ~ secretion | a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell. |
| ~ h2o, water | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. |
| n. (state) | 2. fret, lather, stew, sweat, swither | agitation resulting from active worry.; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" |
| ~ agitation | a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 3. sweat | condensation of moisture on a cold surface.; "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" |
| ~ condensate, condensation | atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold. |
| n. (act) | 4. effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail | use of physical or mental energy; hard work.; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" |
| ~ toil, labor, labour | productive work (especially physical work done for wages).; "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
| ~ struggle | strenuous effort.; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" |
| ~ difficulty, trouble | an effort that is inconvenient.; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" |
| ~ least effort, least resistance | the least effortful way to do something. |
| ~ straining, strain | an intense or violent exertion. |
| ~ exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout | the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit.; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" |
| ~ pull | a sustained effort.; "it was a long pull but we made it" |
| ~ diligence, application | a diligent effort.; "it is a job requiring serious application" |
| ~ overkill | any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal. |
| ~ supererogation | an effort above and beyond the call of duty. |
| ~ overexertion | excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results. |
| ~ detrition, friction, rubbing | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure. |
| v. (body) | 5. perspire, sudate, sweat | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.; "Exercise makes one sweat" |
| ~ swelter | suffer from intense heat.; "we were sweltering at the beach" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
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