1. Adjective form
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.
2. Adjective form
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
3. Adjective form
Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
4. Adjective form
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
5. Adjective form
Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
6. Adjective form
Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
7. Adjective form
Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
8. Noun
That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
9. Noun
Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
10. Noun
Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
11. Noun
That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
12. Noun
That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
13. Noun
One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
14. Adverb
Sweetly.
15. Verb
To sweeten.
16. Noun
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
17. Noun
a food rich in sugar
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
18. Noun
a dish served as the last course of a meal
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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