Etymology : Middle English swete, from Old English swEte; akin to Old High German suozi sweet, Latin suadEre to urge, suavis sweet, Greek hEdys
Pronunciation : swEt
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. dessert; beloved person; candy, confection (British). having a sugary flavor; containing sugar; unsalted; fresh, not spoiled; pleasing to the senses; gentle and loving; great, terrific (Slang). adsweetly, pleasantly, lovingly, kindly. cool, dope, fresh. sweet\sweet\ , a. [compar. sweeter ; superl. sweetest.] [oe. swete, swote, sote, as. swēte; akin to ofries. swēte, os. swōti, d. zoet, g. süss, ohg. suozi, icel. s?tr, sÂœtr, sw. s?t, dan. s?d, goth. suts, l. suavis, for suadvis, gr. , skr. svādu sweet, svad, svād, to sweeten. ?175. cf. assuage, suave, suasion.].
2. 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.
3. pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. the breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
4. 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. to make his english sweet upon his tongue. a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful.
5. pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. sweet interchange of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
6. fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
7. 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.
8. plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. canst thou bind the sweet influence of pleiades? xxxviii.
9. mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of christian working. arnold.note: sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.sweet alyssum. (bot.) see:
alyssum.sweet apple. (bot.) (a) any apple of sweet flavor. (b) see:
sweet-top.sweet bay. (bot.) (a) the laurel (laurus nobilis). (b) swamp sassafras.sweet calabash (bot.), a plant of the genus passiflora (p. maliformis) growing in the west indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.sweet cicely. (bot.) (a) either of the north american plants of the umbelliferous genus osmorrhiza having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. (b) a plant of the genus myrrhis (m. odorata) growing in england.sweet calamus, orsweet cane. (bot.) same as sweet flag, below.sweet cistus (bot.), an evergreen shrub (cistus ladanum) from which the gum ladanum is obtained.sweet clover. (bot.) see:
melilot.sweet coltsfoot (bot.), a kind of butterbur (petasites sagittata) found in western north america.sweet corn (bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. see:
the note under corn.sweet fern (bot.), a small north american shrub (comptonia, or myrica, asplenifolia) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.sweet flag (bot.), an endogenous plant (acorus calamus) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. it is found in wet places in europe and america. see:
calamus, 2.sweet gale (bot.), a shrub (myrica gale) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and dutch myrtle see:
5th gale.sweet grass (bot.), holy, or seneca, grass.sweet gum (bot.), an american tree (liquidambar styraciflua). see:
liquidambar.sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes.sweet john (bot.), a variety of the sweet william.sweet leaf (bot.), horse sugar. see:
under horse.sweet marjoram. (bot.) see:
marjoram.sweet marten (zo?l.), the pine marten.sweet maudlin (bot.), a composite plant (ach.
10. 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.
11. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
12. 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.
13. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
14. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
15. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state.
16. Specifically: Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
17. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
18. That which is sweet to the taste; used chiefly in the plural.
19. Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
20. Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
21. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
22. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
23. One who is dear to another; a darling; a term of endearment.
24. Sweetly.
25. To sweeten. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth a food rich in sugar English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics not having a salty taste; "sweet water" pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" having a sweet taste having a pleasant taste one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey.
26. 1. Sweet food and drink contains a lot of sugar. a mug of sweet tea If the sauce seems too sweet, add a dash of red wine vinegar. + sweetness sweet·ness Florida oranges have a natural sweetness.
27. Sweets are small sweet things such as toffees, chocolates, and mints.
28. A sweet is something sweet, such as fruit or a pudding, that you eat at the end of a meal, especially in a restaurant. The sweet was a mousse flavoured with whisky. = dessert.
29. A sweet smell is a pleasant one, for example the smell of a flower. She'd baked some bread which made the air smell sweet.
30. If you describe something such as air or water as sweet, you mean that it smells or tastes pleasantly fresh and clean. I gulped a breath of sweet air.
31. A sweet sound is pleasant, smooth, and gentle. Her voice was as soft and sweet as a young girl's. the sweet sounds of Mozart. + sweetly sweet·ly He sang much more sweetly than he has before.
32. If you describe something as sweet, you mean that it gives you great pleasure and satisfaction. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge. ¡Ù bitter.
33. If you describe someone as sweet, you mean that they are pleasant, kind, and gentle towards other people. How sweet of you to think of me! + sweetly sweet·ly I just smiled sweetly and said no.
34. If you describe a small person or thing as sweet, you mean that they are attractive in a simple or unsophisticated way. a sweet little baby girl The house was really sweet. = cute see also:
sweetly, sweetness.
35. a sweet tooth: see:
tooth. British phonetician and philologist. A founder of modern phonetics, he is known especially for his History of English Sounds (1874). sweet marjoram sweet pea sweet potato sweet William.
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