sweet
IPA: swˈit
noun
- (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- (countable, especially UK) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
- (countable, especially UK) A food eaten for dessert.
- Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
- (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
- (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
- A surname.
- A female given name.
- An unincorporated community in Gem County, Idaho, United States.
verb
- (archaic or poetic) To sweeten.
adjective
- Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- Having a taste of sugar.
- (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Not having a salty taste.
- Having a pleasant smell.
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- Having a pleasant sound.
- Having a pleasing disposition.
- Having a helpful disposition.
- (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
- (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
- (Australia, slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
- (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
- Fresh; not salt or brackish.
- (of soil, UK, dated) Alkaline.
- Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
- An intensifier.
adverb
- In a sweet manner.
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Examples of "sweet" in Sentences
- The chips are crispy and have a sweet taste.
- I do not like tang but like only sweet tastes.
- Where the sweet taste of CinnaMon is the winna mon.
- Ms. DICKINSON: That's what we call a sweet gig, my friend.
- The sweetness is due to the sugar syrup they are soaked in.
- The raw root is moderately sweet and tastes like the turnip.
- The woman leaned toward me, her expression sweet and generous.
- The meat on these scallops is very small but the taste is sweet.
- The caramel colored poultry is appetizing and the taste is sweet.
- It is not the orange thing we associate with the term sweet potato.
- The pulp is the edible part of the fruit and has a soft sweet taste.
- It is sweet and tastes like green apples, similar in taste to pucker.
- Santa Fe Grande's have a slightly sweet taste and are fairly mild in pungency.
- Rosa, Coretta…I hear you girls singing in the Choir today..sweet sweet music..continuing your work from up there..
- Dear Mother Bonnivel, is it wicked that I can't be sad and regretful, but that the freedom is so sweet -- _so sweet_? "
- A good starting point in creating a happy kitchen, according to Mr. Grey, is discovering what he calls the sweet spot.
- With sweet almonds always use a small portion of bitter; without them, _sweet_ almonds have little or no taste, though they add to the richness of the cake.
- I love the decorations, the cute costumes, and all of the sweet treats ... it was definitely a holiday invented for those with a * sweet* tooth (that's totally me!).
- Opposite, another young lawyer, Eugene Fort, was saying preternaturally bright things to Tiny, who lifted her sweet orbs at intervals and remarked: "How _dreadfully_ clever you are, Mr. Fort; I am _so_ afraid of you!" or "How _sweet_ of you to think I am worth all those _real_ epigrams!
- But when they broke up this meeting, they sounded a little bit less optimistic than they did earlier today, because they said, in many ways, it is very tough, very difficult to find what they called the sweet spot, enough money to cut but enough to spend to make everybody happy and to really stimulate the economy.
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