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sweeten - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sweeten'

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make sweet to the taste.
  • to sweeten tea
  • To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings.
  • to sweeten life
    to sweeten friendship
  • To make mild or kind; to soften.
  • to sweeten the temper
  • To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
  • to sweeten the cares of life
  • * (rfdate) :
  • And sweeten every secret tear.
  • To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other.
  • To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
  • to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected
    to sweeten the air
  • To make warm and fertile.
  • to dry and sweeten soils
  • To restore to purity; to free from taint.
  • to sweeten water, butter, or meat
  • To make more attractive;
  • to by increasing the price offered
  • To become sweet.
  • Antonyms

    * (to make warm and fertile)