Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To make sweet to the taste.

    I sweetened up the barbecue sauce by adding some sugar.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I think your version is a bit sweetened up, because it didn't happen exactly like that.

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Forms

sweetens up, sweetening up, sweetened up, sweetened up
Base formsweeten up · to sweeten up
3rd person singularsweetens up
Present participlesweetening up
Past simplesweetened up
Past participlesweetened up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysweeten up
he, she, itsweetens up

Past simpleLesson

all personssweetened up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sweetened up
he, she, ithas sweetened up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sweeten up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sweetA1sweetensweetenersweetheartA2sweetiesweetly
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