Meaning

(transitive) To make sweet to the taste..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
2. (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
3. (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
4. (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
5. (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
6. (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
7. (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
8. (agriculture, transitive) To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.

Example Sentences

to sweeten tea

to sweeten life

to sweeten friendship

to sweeten the temper

to sweeten the cares of life

Our God to bless out home delights, / And sweeten every secret tear:— [...]

Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other.

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Word Forms

• sweetens
• sweetening
• sweetened

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When Should You Use Sweeten?

Use sweeten when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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