Sweeten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance.
  • v. To make more pleasant or agreeable.
  • v. To soften or soothe: sweetened her mood.
  • v. To make bearable; alleviate.
  • v. Informal To increase the value of (collateral for a loan) by adding more securities.
  • v. Informal To enhance the attractiveness or financial desirability of (an offer, for example).
  • v. Games To increase the value of (an unwon poker pot) by adding stakes before reopening.
  • v. To make less acidic: sweeten the stomach with antacids.
  • v. To remove sulfur compounds from (fuel oil or gas).
  • verb-intransitive. To become sweet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make sweet to the taste.
  • v. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings.
  • v. To make mild or kind; to soften.
  • v. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
  • v. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
  • v. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
  • v. To make warm and fertile.
  • v. To restore to purity; to free from taint.
  • v. To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
  • v. To become sweet.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make sweet to the taste.
  • v. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings.
  • v. To make mild or kind; to soften.
  • v. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
  • v. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
  • v. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter
  • v. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour.
  • v. To restore to purity; to free from taint.
  • verb-intransitive. To become sweet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become sweet, in any sense.
  • To make sweet to any of the senses.
  • To make pleasing or grateful to the mind: as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
  • To make mild or kind; soften.
  • To make less painful or laborious; lighten.
  • To increase the agreeable qualities of; also, to render less disagreeable or harsh: as, to sweeten the joys or pleasures of life.
  • To make pure and wholesome by destroying noxious or offensive matter; bring back to a state of purity or freshness; free from taint: as, to sweeten apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air; to sweeten water.
  • To make mellow and fertile: as, to dry and sweeten soils.
  • To wash (gold) with hot water after the parting process.
  • See the extract.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make sweeter in taste
  • v. make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
  • Verb Form
    sweetened    sweetening    sweetens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    soften   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    soften    relieve   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beaton    Eton    Keaton    Seton    Teton    Wheaton    beaten    cretin    eaten    seton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts