Sweet: Definition and part of speech

Sweet

  1. v. t. To sweeten.
  2. superl. 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. superl. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
  4. superl. 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.
  5. superl. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
  6. superl. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
  7. superl. 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. superl. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
  9. n. That which is sweet to the taste; — used chiefly in the plural.
  10. n. Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
  11. 1v. t. 1 To sweeten.
  12. 1superl. 1 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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