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1. (v.t.) sweeten
to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
2. sweeten
to make mild or kind; soften.
3. sweeten
to make (the breath, room air, etc.) sweet or fresh, as with a mouthwash or spray.
4. sweeten
to make (the stomach, soil, etc.) less acidic, as by means of certain preparations or chemicals.
5. sweeten
to remove sulfur and its compounds from (oil or gas).
6. sweeten
Informal.
7. sweeten
to enhance the value of (loan collateral) by including additional or esp. valuable securities.
8. sweeten
to add to the value or attractiveness of (a proposition, holding, etc.).
9. sweeten
to add more liquor to (a drink).
10. sweeten
to add stakes to (a pot) before opening in a game of poker.
11. (v.i.) sweeten
to become sweet or sweeter.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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| Definition of 'sweeten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
make sweeter in taste
2. (verb) sweeten
make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
"sweeten a deal"
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1. (verb) sweeten
to make sth taste sweet
Sweeten the drink with honey.
2. sweeten
to make an offer better by adding more to it
Management sweetened the deal with extra health care benefits.
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| Definition of 'sweeten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sweeten
to make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea
2. (adj) sweeten
to make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship
3. (adj) sweeten
to make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper
4. (adj) sweeten
to make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life
5. (adj) sweeten
to soften to the eye; to make delicate
6. (adj) sweeten
to make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air
7. (adj) sweeten
to make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils
8. (adj) sweeten
to restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat
9. (verb) sweeten
to become sweet
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Sense: to make or become sweet or sweeter
Did you sweeten (= put sugar in) my tea?
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 Afrikaans: versoet |
 Arabic: يُحَلّي، يُصْبِحُ حُلوا |
 Bulgarian: подслаждам |
 Brazilian: adoçar |
 Czech: (o)sladit |
 German: (ver)süßen |
 Danish: søde; komme sukker i |
 Greek: γλυκαίνω |
 Spanish: endulzar |
 Estonian: magusaks tegema, magusaks |
 Farsi: شيرين تر كردن |
 Finnish: makeuttaa |
 French: sucrer |
 Hebrew: לְהַמתִיק |
 Hindi: मीठा बनाना, मीठा होना, सौ |
 Croatian: zasladiti |
 Hungarian: (meg)édesít |
 Indonesian: menggulai |
 Icelandic: sæta; gera sætan |
 Italian: zuccherare; addolcire |
 Japanese: 甘味をつける |
 Korean: 달게하다 |
 Lithuanian: saldinti |
 Latvian: saldināt |
 Malay: memaniskan |
 Dutch: zoeten |
 Norwegian: søte, sukre, ha sukker i |
 Polish: słodzić |
 Persian: شيرين تر كردن |
 Pashto: خوږ کول |
 Portuguese: adoçar |
 Romanian: aîndulci |
 Russian: подслащивать |
 Slovak: (o)sladiť |
 Slovenian: sladkati |
 Serbian: zasladiti |
 Swedish: söta, sockra |
 Thai: หวานขึ้น |
 Turkish: şeker koymak, tatlandırma |
 Taiwanese: 加糖於 |
 Ukrainian: підсолоджувати |
 Urdu: میٹھا کرنا یا میٹھا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: pha, làm cho ngọt |
 Chinese: 加糖于 |
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