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Definition: Meaning of, sweet in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / swiːt /

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sweet sweeter sweetest
  1. taste containing or having a taste like sugar [↪  sour, bitter, dry]
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  2. character kind, gentle, and friendly
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  3. children/small things especially British English looking pretty and attractive [=  cute]
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  4. thoughts/emotions making you feel pleased, happy, and satisfied
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  5. smells having a pleasant smell [=  fragrant]
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  6. sounds pleasant to listen to
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  7. have a sweet tooth to like things that taste of sugar
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  8. water/air if you describe water or air as sweet, you mean that it is fresh and clean
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  9. keep somebody sweet informal to behave in a pleasant, friendly way towards someone, because you want them to help you later
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  10. in your own sweet way/time if you do something in your own sweet way, you do it in exactly the way that you want to or when you want to, without considering what other people say or think
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  11. a sweet deal American English a business or financial deal in which you get an advantage, pay a low price etc
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  12. sweet FA also sweet Fanny Adams British English informal nothing at all - used when someone wants to avoid saying a swear word directly
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  13. sweet nothings things that lovers say to each other
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  14. be sweet on somebody old-fashioned to be very attracted to or in love with someone
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  15. Sweet! spoken informal used to say that you think that something is very good
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sweet sweets
  1. [countable] British English a small piece of sweet food made of sugar or chocolate [=  candy American English]
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  2. [uncountable and countable] British English sweet food served after the meat and vegetables part of a meal [=  dessert]
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  3. (my) sweet old-fashioned used when speaking to someone you love
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Sweet


Definition: Meaning of, Sweet in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / swiːt /

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  1. 1845-1912 english phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics
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Sweet used in phrases

  • American sweet chestnut (noun)
    1. large tree found from Maine to Alabama
  • American sweet gum (noun)
    1. a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  • Henry Sweet (noun)
    1. 1845-1912 english phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    1. a SPIRITUAL (= a religious song) from the southern states of the US, originally sung by black SLAVE s working in the fields. It is now often sung at RUGBY matches by English supporters.
  • boiled sweet (noun)
    1. British English a hard SWEET that often tastes of fruit [=  hard candy American English]
  • chocolate sweet (noun)
    1. candy made with chocolate
  • semi-sweet chocolate (noun)
    1. chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
  • short and sweet (adjective)
    1. dealt with very quickly; to the point
  • summer sweet (noun)
    1. shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
  • sweet FA (noun)
    1. little or nothing at all
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