(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.
(superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
(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.
(superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive;
fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
(superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
(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.
(superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
(n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the
sweets of domestic life.
(n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of
endearment.
(adv.) Sweetly.
(v. t.) To sweeten.
