sweet

SWEET, adjective [Latin 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. Exodus 26:1. 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 38:31. 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, noun 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.