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Meaning of sweet

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sweet
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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