Sweet

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural. Specifically:

2. Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

3. Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

4. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. "A wilderness of sweets." Milton.

5. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life. A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the sweet. Locke.

6. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment. "Wherefore frowns my sweet" B. Jonson.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To sweeten. [Obs.] Udall.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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.

2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. Longfellow.

3. 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. Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. Hawthorne.

4. 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. Milton.

5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. Bacon.

6. 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.

7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. M. Arnold.

Synonyms: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

Sweetly. Shak.