SWEET, a. [L. suavis.] 1. Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet.2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. Ex.26.3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form.5. Fresh; not salt; as sweet water.6. Not sour; as sweet fruits; sweet oranges.7. Mild; soft; gentle. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades? Job 38. 8. Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as sweet manners.9. Grateful; pleasing. Sweet interchange of hill and valley. 10. Making soft or excellent music; as a sweet singer. 11. Not stale; as sweet butter. The bread is sweet. 12. Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk. 13. Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet. SWEET, n. Something 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.1. A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them.2. A perfume.3. A word of endearment.4. Cane juice, melasses,or other sweet vegetable substance.
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