Sweet - Definition

adv 1: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes
a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan
Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet
the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare;
"talking sweet to each other" [syn: sweetly, sweet]
adj 1: having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
[ant: sour]
2: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an
angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when
he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic,
angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]
3: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn:
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet]
4: pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the
sweet face of a child"
5: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn:
gratifying, sweet]
6: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
"scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed,
scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]
7: (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet
dessert wines" [ant: dry]
8: not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water" [syn:
fresh, sweet] [ant: salty]
9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh, sweet,
unfermented]
10: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened, sweet,
sweet-flavored]
n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern
phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: Sweet, Henry Sweet]
2: a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert,
sweet, afters]
3: a food rich in sugar [syn: sweet, confection]
4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn:
sweet, sweetness, sugariness]
5: the property of tasting as if it contains sugar [syn:
sweetness, sweet]