Sekirov Dictionary

sweet

/swiːt/

adjective 16
noun 6
adverb 1
exclamation 1
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 17

adjective16

having the taste of sugar
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Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
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Of a pleasing disposition.
- It was sweet of her to send some roses for her unwell grandmother.
- You're so sweet!
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Of a helpful disposition.
- It was sweet of him to help out.
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Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
- Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, / I will give them all back again. — 1838
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Of a pleasant sound.
- Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!
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Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
- Sweet interchange / Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. — 1667
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(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
- The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
- 14 November 2014, Steven Haliday, Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero GORDON Strachan enjoyed the sweetest of his 16 matches in charge of Scotland so far as his team enhanced their prospects of Euro 2016 qualification with a crucial and deserved victory over Republic of Ireland.
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An intensifier.
- For someone who hadn't seen her only sister in over twenty years, Alice sure took her sweet time. — 2014
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(informal) Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
- The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
Not of a salty taste.
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Fresh; not salt or brackish.
- The white of an egg, or blood mingled with salt water, doth gather the saltness and maketh the water sweeter; this may be by adhesion. — 1627
Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
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(Australia, slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
- "Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then." — 2012
(UK, old-fashioned) Alkaline.

noun6

The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
(UK, India) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
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(UK) A food eaten for dessert.
- Can we see the sweet menu, please?
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Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
- Good evening, my sweet.
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(no longer used) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
- a wilderness of sweets — 1667
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(no longer used) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
- Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar. — 1613

adverb1

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In a pleasant manner.
- Go down beside thy native rill, ⁠On thy Parnassus set thy feet, ⁠And hear thy laurel whisper sweet About the ledges of the hill. — 1850

exclamation1

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Used as a positive response to good news or information.
- They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!

verb1

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(literary, no longer used) To sweeten.
- In size and shape it resembles the heart of a calf, and the interior substance is similar to thick cream, sweeted with fine sugar. — 1825

forms

sweeted · sweeting · sweets · more sweet · sweeter · most sweet · sweetest

Phrases with sweet

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