What does sweet mean?
Sweet means Tasting of sugars..
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/swiːt/ · adjective
Tasting of sugars..
a sweet apple
A few types of molecules get sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
sweet butter
a sweet scent
Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, / I will give them all back again.
sweet milk
a sweet tune
Use sweet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sweet means Tasting of sugars..
Common synonyms include saccharine, sugary, sugared, sweetened.
Possible antonyms include bitter, sour, salty, nonsweet.
a sweet apple
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