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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. |
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Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. |
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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. |
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Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive;
fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. |
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Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. |
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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. |
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Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. |
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That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the
plural. |
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Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc. |
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Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc. |
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That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. |
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That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the
sweets of domestic life. |
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One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of
endearment. |
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Sweetly. |
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To sweeten. |