Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of making sweet.
- noun Something that sweetens; a sweetener.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which sweetens; a substance, as sugar, used to sweeten something.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of making sweet.
- noun That which sweetens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun See
long sweetening andshort sweetening . - noun A
sweetener . - verb Present participle of
sweeten .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
- noun the act of adding a sweetener to food
- noun something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
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Examples
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You are the (well known) secret to my success in sweetening the busy lives of my fellow grad students, thank you for all your hard work and for being an inspiration to my baking!
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How much cajoling, persuading, soul-searching and pot-sweetening is this going to take?
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Fornarina for a Raffaello; she had fancied her name sweetening the songs of Giraud Riquier, the last of the Troubadours; and she did not believe
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various
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Thus, carbon dioxide by itself is an acid gas but it is not a sour gas. mercaptans (RSH) present are commonly removed in a sweetening process mercaptans and / or hydrogen sulfide are commonly referred to as sweetening processes because they result in products which no longer have the sour, foul odors of mercaptans and hydrogen sulfide. toxic gas.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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A, who blogs at Never Bashful With Butter, took the idea of sweetening a deal a step further and gave away a batch of her impressive homemade cupcakes to the person who purchased her car.
Cupcakes for sale, free car with purchase | Baking Bites 2007
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To be sure, a rather large proportion of these consists of molasses and sugar, "sweetening," as the negroes call it, being in great demand, and four barrels of molasses having been sold the day of my visit.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various
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The "sweetening" and the clothing were at cheaper prices than anything they have been accustomed to, so they were greatly pleased and we have sold out rapidly.
Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson
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If they were assured of a market at the end of the year, and sufficient money advanced them to enable them to get "sweetening" and clothes through the year, I would trust my plantations to go right ahead, put their crops into the ground, and insure to the Government a handsome surplus next November.
Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson
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I like the idea of sweetening things that aren’t normally sweet and saltifying things that aren’t normally salty.
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A.J. does not do much "sweetening" with extra instruments or with excursions into other genres, although he does flirt with country on a few tracks.
unknown title 2009
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