Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, poetic)To sweeten.

Examples

1182 sentences

  1. I feel like eating something sweet.

    Мені хочеться з'їсти чогось солодкого. — deniko

    ruХочется съесть чего-нибудь сладенького. — sharptoothed

    deIch würde gerne was Süßes essen. — Vortarulo

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  2. Pretty flowers do not necessarily smell sweet.

    Гарні квіти не обов'язково солодко пахнуть. — uaspeaker

    ruКрасивые цветы не обязательно сладко пахнут. — Hellerick

    deHübsche Blumen duften nicht unbedingt süß. — raggione

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  3. This tea is too sweet for me.

    Цей чай для мене засолодкий. — deniko

    ruЭтот чай для меня слишком сладкий. — marafon

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  4. This tea isn't sweet enough for me.

    Цей чай недостатньо солодкий для мене. — deniko

    ruЭтот чай для меня недостаточно сладкий. — marafon

    deDieser Tee ist mir nicht süß genug. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I tried the cake, but it was too sweet for me.

    Я спробувала торт, але він був надто солодким для мене. — Ahha

    ruЯ попробовал торт, но он был для меня слишком сладким. — Ooneykcall

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Origin

From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ

From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ̄te (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”), from *sweh₂d- (“sweet”) + *-us.

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Forms

sweets, sweeting, sweeted, sweeted
Base formsweet · to sweet
3rd person singularsweets
Present participlesweeting
Past simplesweeted
Past participlesweeted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysweet
he, she, itsweets

Past simpleLesson

all personssweeted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sweeted
he, she, ithas sweeted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sweet

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a sweet tooth
  • is really sweet
  • sweet tooth
  • is too sweet
  • really sweet
  • smell sweet
  • sweet potatoes
  • have a sweet
  • sweet guy
  • is very sweet
  • something sweet
  • is a sweet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swedesweepB2sweepersweetensweetenersweetheartA2sweetie

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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