English to English
Sweet
(sw/i/t
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adjective (a)
- (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content(adj.all)Example:
Sweet dessert wines.
source: wordnet30 - Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')(adv.all)Example:
Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly.
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.
Talking sweet to each other.
source: wordnet30 - Sweetly.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- pleasing to the senses(adj.all)Example:
The sweet song of the lark.
The sweet face of a child.
source: wordnet30 - pleasing to the mind or feeling(adj.all)Example:
Sweet revenge.
source: wordnet30 - having a natural fragrance(adj.all)source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- To sweeten.(verb)source: webster1913