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sweet
1[ sweet ]
adjective
- having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
Synonyms: sugary
- producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, sour, or salt.
- not rancid or stale; fresh:
This milk is still sweet.
- not salt or salted:
sweet butter.
- pleasing to the ear; making a delicate, pleasant, or agreeable sound; musical.
Synonyms: mellifluous, melodious
- pleasing or fresh to the smell; fragrant; perfumed.
- pleasing or agreeable; delightful.
- amiable; kind or gracious, as a person, action, etc.
- easily managed; done or effected without effort.
- (of wine) not dry; containing unfermented, natural sugar.
- (of a cocktail) made with a greater proportion of vermouth than usual.
- sentimental, cloying, or unrealistic:
a sweet painting of little kittens.
- (of air) fresh; free from odor, staleness, excess humidity, noxious gases, etc.
- free from acidity or sourness, as soil.
- Chemistry.
- devoid of corrosive or acidic substances.
- (of fuel oil or gas) containing no sulfur compounds.
- (of jazz or big band music) performed with a regular beat, moderate tempo, lack of improvisation, and an emphasis on warm tone and clearly outlined melody.
adverb
- in a sweet manner; sweetly.
interjection
- Slang. (used to express approval, admiration, satisfaction, pleasure, etc.:
I hear she got a promotion. Sweet!
noun
- a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- something that is sweet or causes or gives a sweet flavor, smell, or sound.
- sweets,
- candy, pie, cake, and other foods high in sugar content.
- Informal. sweet potatoes.
- Chiefly British.
- a piece of candy; confection or bonbon.
- a sweet dish or dessert, as a pudding or tart.
- something pleasant to the mind or feelings.
- a beloved person.
- Often sweets. (in direct address) darling; sweetheart:
Yes, my sweet.
Sweet
2[ sweet ]
noun
- Henry, 1845–1912, English philologist and linguist.
sweet
1/ swiːt /
adjective
- having or denoting a pleasant taste like that of sugar
- agreeable to the senses or the mind
sweet music
- having pleasant manners; gentle
a sweet child
- (of wine, etc) having a relatively high sugar content; not dry
- (of foods) not decaying or rancid
sweet milk
- not salty
sweet water
- free from unpleasant odours
sweet air
- containing no corrosive substances
sweet soil
- (of petrol) containing no sulphur compounds
- sentimental or unrealistic
- individual; particular
the electorate went its own sweet way
- jazz performed with a regular beat, with the emphasis on clearly outlined melody and little improvisation
- slang.satisfactory or in order; all right
- archaic.respected; dear (used in polite forms of address)
sweet sir
- smooth and precise; perfectly executed
a sweet shot
- sweet onfond of or infatuated with
- keep someone sweetto ingratiate oneself in order to ensure cooperation
adverb
- informal.in a sweet manner
noun
- a sweet taste or smell; sweetness in general
- often plural any of numerous kinds of confectionery consisting wholly or partly of sugar, esp of sugar boiled and crystallized ( boiled sweets )
- a pudding, fruit, or any sweet dish served as a dessert
- dear; sweetheart (used as a form of address)
- anything that is sweet
- often plural a pleasurable experience, state, etc
the sweets of success
- See sweet potato
Sweet
2noun
- SweetHenry18451912MEnglishLANGUAGE: philologist Henry. 1845–1912, English philologist; a pioneer of modern phonetics. His books include A History of English Sounds (1874)
Derived Forms
- ˈsweetish, adjective
- ˈsweetly, adverb
- ˈsweetness, noun
Other Words From
- sweet·ly adverb
- sweet·ness noun
- non·sweet adjective
- o·ver·sweet adjective
- o·ver·sweet·ly adverb
- o·ver·sweet·ness noun
- su·per·sweet adjective
- su·per·sweet·ly adverb
- su·per·sweet·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sweet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sweet1
Idioms and Phrases
- sweet on, Informal. infatuated with; in love with:
He's sweet on her.
- short and sweet. short and sweet ( def ).
More idioms and phrases containing sweet
- short and sweet
- take the bitter with the sweet
Example Sentences
“Our sweet spot is that we can protect those thousands of devices by learning those nuances and we can do that really quickly, scaling up to thousands of devices with our generalized model because we take this agentless-based approach,” she said.
These beans are roasted in California, and once they arrive in your cup, they’re fruity and sweet with notes of toffee.
In addition to scent, tobacco hawkmoths track flowers visually, so Knaden’s team used that trait, along with a sweet snack, to train the moth to be attracted to a pollution-altered scent.
If you love sweets, you will never maintain a diet that cuts out all sweets.
Those words were the sweetest ones I’d heard in quite some time.
The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
She was even sweet to that smug ingrate Miss Bunting after she kept insulting everyone at dinner.
So just looking forward to taking our sweet ass time with this next one.
Adults prepare food and drink dark sweet tea on the doorsteps of their homes as they watch their children playing.
The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
So after a few minutes I remarked to him, "Everything tastes very sweet out of this spoon!"
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
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