[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, a. compar. sweeter; superl. sweetest. oe.
   swete, swote, sote, as. sw=ete; akin to ofries. sw=ete,
   os. sw=oti, d. zoet, g. s"uss, ohg. suozi, icel. saetr,
   soetr, sw. s"ot, dan. s"od, goth. suts, l. suavis, for
   suadvis, gr. ?, skr. sv=adu sweet, svad, sv=ad, to
   sweeten. root175. cf. assuage, suave, suasion.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
      sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
      1913 webster

            the breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
                                                  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
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            to make his english sweet upon his tongue.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   4. pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
      as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
      1913 webster

            sweet interchange
            of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   6. 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.
          1913 webster

   7. plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
      winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
      1913 webster

            canst thou bind the sweet influence of pleiades?
                                                  --job xxxviii.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

            mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
            established rule of christian working. --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   note: sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
         sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
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   sweet alyssum. bot. see alyssum.

   sweet apple. bot.
      a any apple of sweet flavor.
      b see sweet-sop.

   sweet bay. bot.
      a the laurel laurus nobilis.
      b swamp sassafras.

   sweet calabash bot., a plant of the genus passiflora
      passiflora maliformis growing in the west indies, and
      producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
      

   sweet cicely. bot.
      a either of the north american plants of the
          umbelliferous genus osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
          and seeds, and white flowers. --gray.
      b a plant of the genus myrrhis myrrhis odorata
          growing in england.

   sweet calamus, or sweet cane. bot. same as sweet
      flag, below.

   sweet cistus bot., an evergreen shrub cistus ladanum
      from which the gum ladanum is obtained.

   sweet clover. bot. see melilot.

   sweet coltsfoot bot., a kind of butterbur petasites
      sagittata found in western north america.

   sweet corn bot., a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
      see the note under corn.

   sweet fern bot., a small north american shrub comptonia
      asplenifolia syn. myrica asplenifolia having
      sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
      

   sweet flag bot., an endogenous plant acorus calamus
      having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
      aromatic taste. it is found in wet places in europe and
      america. see calamus, 2.

   sweet gale bot., a shrub myrica gale having bitter
      fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and dutch
      myrtle. see 5th gale.

   sweet grass bot., holy, or seneca, grass.

   sweet gum bot., an american tree liquidambar
      styraciflua. see liquidambar.

   sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
      purposes.

   sweet john bot., a variety of the sweet william.

   sweet leaf bot., horse sugar. see under horse.

   sweet marjoram. bot. see marjoram.

   sweet marten zool., the pine marten.

   sweet maudlin bot., a composite plant achillea
      ageratum allied to milfoil.

   sweet oil, olive oil.

   sweet pea. bot. see under pea.

   sweet potato. bot. see under potato.

   sweet rush bot., sweet flag.

   sweet spirits of niter med. chem. see spirit of nitrous
      ether, under spirit.

   sweet sultan bot., an annual composite plant centaurea
      moschata, also, the yellow-flowered centaurea
      odorata; -- called also sultan flower.

   sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
      sweetmeats. colloq.

   sweet william.
      a bot. a species of pink dianthus barbatus of many
          varieties.
      b zool. the willow warbler.
      c zool. the european goldfinch; -- called also sweet
          billy. prov. eng.

   sweet willow bot., sweet gale.

   sweet wine. see dry wine, under dry.

   to be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
      special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
      colloq. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   syn: sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
        1913 webster
see also:
sweeter sweetest assuage suave suasion sweet alyssum 
alyssum sweet apple sweet-sop sweet bay laurus nobilis 
sweet calabash passiflora passiflora maliformis sweet cicely osmorrhiza 
myrrhis myrrhis odorata sweet calamus sweet cane sweet flag 
sweet cistus cistus ladanum sweet clover melilot sweet coltsfoot 
petasites sagittata sweet corn corn sweet fern comptonia asplenifolia 
myrica asplenifolia sweet flag acorus calamus calamus sweet gale 
myrica gale sweet willow dutch myrtle gale sweet grass 
sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua liquidambar sweet herbs sweet john 
sweet leaf horse sweet marjoram marjoram sweet marten 
sweet maudlin achillea ageratum sweet oil sweet pea pea 
sweet potato potato sweet rush sweet spirits of niter spirit of nitrous ether 
spirit sweet sultan centaurea moschata centaurea odorata sultan flower 
sweet tooth sweet william dianthus barbatus sweet billy sweet willow 
sweet wine dry wine dry to be sweet on 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, n.
   1. that which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the
      plural. specifically:
      a confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
      b home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
          1913 webster

   2. that which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. "a
      wilderness of sweets." --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. that which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the
      sweets of domestic life.
      1913 webster

            a little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish
            of the sweet.                         --locke.
      1913 webster

   4. one who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of
      endearment. "wherefore frowns my sweet?" --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, adv.
   sweetly. --shak.
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[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, v. t.
   to sweeten. obs. --udall.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sweet
     adj 1: having a pleasant taste as 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
     3: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" syn: dulcet,
         honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
     4: one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like
        the taste of sugar or honey
     5: pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the
        sweet face of a child"
     6: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" syn: gratifying
     7: 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-scented, sweet-smelling
     8: used of wines having a sweet taste ant: dry
     9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" syn: fresh, unfermented
     10: with sweetening added syn: sugared, sweetened
     11: not having a salty taste; "sweet water" syn: unsalty
     n 1: english phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics
          1845-1912 syn: henry sweet
     2: a dish served as the last course of a meal syn: dessert,
        afters
     3: a food rich in sugar syn: confection, confectionery
     4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth syn:
         sweetness, sugariness
     5: the property of containing sugar syn: sweetness
     adv : 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
see also:
sour angelic angelical cherubic seraphic dulcet 
honeyed mellifluous mellisonant gratifying odoriferous 
odorous perfumed scented sweet-scented sweet-smelling 
dry fresh unfermented sugared sweetened 
unsalty henry sweet dessert afters confection 
confectionery sweetness sugariness sweetly 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

358 moby thesaurus words for "sweet":
   jell-o, accommodating, achingly sweet, admirable, adorable,
   affable, aftertaste, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, ambrosial,
   amiable, amicable, angel, angelic, appealing, ariose, arioso,
   aromatic, attentive, attractive, babe, baby, baby-doll, balanced,
   balmy, beautiful, bell-like, beloved, bitter, bittersweet,
   blancmange, bleached, blissful, bonhomous, bright, buttercup,
   candied, candy, canorous, cantabile, caressable, catchy, charming,
   cheerful, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chocolate, clean, cleanly,
   cloying, cloyingness, comfit, compassionate, compatible,
   complaisant, compote, concinnate, concinnous, confection,
   confectionery, confiture, congenial, conserve, considerate,
   cordial, creamy, cuddlesome, cute, dainty, darling, dear, deary,
   delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, desirable, dessert,
   devoted to, dirt-free, doll, duck, duckling, dulcet, dulcitude,
   easy, easy-natured, easygoing, eggshell, en rapport, enamored of,
   engaging, enjoyable, essenced, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious,
   euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant, fastidious, felicific,
   felicitous, fine, fine-toned, flat, flavor, flowery, flowing,
   fluent, fond of, fragrant, fresh, friendly, frosting, fruity,
   gelatin, generous, genial, gentle, glaze, gloss, golden,
   golden-tongued, golden-voiced, gone on, good, good-humored,
   good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious, grateful,
   gratifying, great, gushing, gushy, gust, harmonious, heart-warming,
   heavenly, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, honeyed,
   honeysweet, icing, icky, immaculate, incense-breathing,
   infatuated with, iridescent, jam, jelly, keen on, kind, kissable,
   kosher, lamb, lambkin, light, likable, lovable, love, lovely,
   lover, lovesome, luscious, lyric, marmalade, maudlin, mawkishness,
   measured, melic, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous,
   mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, meringue, mild,
   mother-of-pearl, mousse, music-flowing, music-like, musical, musky,
   nacreous, nectareous, nectarous, nice, nonpolluted, nuts about,
   odorate, odoriferous, odorous, of cleanly habits, opalescent,
   ordered, orderly, oversweetness, palate, pale, pastel, patinaed,
   pearly, perfumed, perfumy, pet, petkins, pleasant,
   pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
   pleasureful, precious, precious heart, preserve, pretty, prized,
   pudding, pure, quiet, redolent, relish, rewarding, rich,
   ritually pure, sacchariferous, saccharine, saccharinity, sad, salt,
   sapidity, sapor, satisfying, savor, savoriness, savory, scented,
   semigloss, sentimental, seraphic, shiny, sickening,
   sickly-sweetness, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced,
   silvery, simple, singable, sloppy, smack, smooth, smooth-sounding,
   smut-free, smutless, snookums, sober, soft, soft-colored,
   soft-hued, softened, solicitous, somber, songful, songlike,
   sonorous, soppy, sour, sour-sweet, spicy, splendid, spotless,
   stainless, sticky, stomach, stuck on, subdued, subtle, sugar,
   sugarcoated, sugared, sugariness, sugarsweet, sugary,
   sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweet on,
   sweet stuff, sweet-flowing, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling,
   sweet-sounding, sweet-tempered, sweetened, sweetheart, sweetie,
   sweetish, sweetishness, sweetkins, sweetmeat, sweetness, sweets,
   symmetrical, sympathetic, syrupiness, syrupy, tahar, taken with,
   tang, taste, tender, thoughtful, thuriferous, tongue, tooth,
   treasured, tripping, tubbed, tunable, tuneful, turtledove,
   tutti-frutti, unadulterated, unassuming, unbesmirched, unblemished,
   unblotted, undefiled, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged,
   unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished,
   warm, welcome, well-natured, well-scrubbed, well-washed,
   whipped cream, white, whitened, winning, winsome, wonderful

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

sweet, id
  zip codes: 83670

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Sweet Cherry >> S Words
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