1. n. (chiefly North America) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavor
2. n. (chiefly North America) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
3. n. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine
4. v. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
5. v. (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
6. v. (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
7. n. (obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
1. adj. Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
a sweet apple
2. adj. Having a taste of sugar.
3. adj. (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
4. adj. Not having a salty taste.
sweet butter
5. adj. Having a pleasant smell.
a sweet scent.
6. adj. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
sweet milk
7. adj. Having a pleasant sound.
a sweet tune
8. adj. Having a pleasing disposition.
a sweet child
9. adj. Having a helpful disposition.
It was sweet of him to help out.
10. adj. (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
sweet soil
sweet crude oil
11. adj. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
12. adj. (anchor, be_sweet_on)(informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamoured with , fond of
The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
13. adj. (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
sweet water
14. adj. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion
15. adv. In a sweet manner.
16. n. The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
17. n. (British) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
18. n. (British) A food eaten for dessert.
Can we see the sweet menu, please?
19. n. sweetheart; darling.
20. n. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
21. n. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
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1. n. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.
2. n. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
3. n. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
4. n. (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
5. n. (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
6. n. (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
7. v. To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
