slovo | definícia |
sweet (mass) | sweet
- sladký, nežný, príjemný, múčnik, sladkosť |
sweet (encz) | sweet,bonbón |
sweet (encz) | sweet,lahodnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,lahodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,líbezný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,milý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,moučník |
sweet (encz) | sweet,něžný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,příjemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,roztomilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,sladkost Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,sladký adj: |
sweet (encz) | sweet,vlídný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet (encz) | sweet,vonný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sweet (gcide) | Sweet \Sweet\, v. t.
To sweeten. [Obs.] --Udall.
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Sweet (gcide) | Sweet \Sweet\, adv.
Sweetly. --Shak.
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Sweet (gcide) | Sweet \Sweet\, n.
1. That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the
plural. Specifically:
(a) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
(b) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
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2. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. "A
wilderness of sweets." --Milton.
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3. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the
sweets of domestic life.
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A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish
of the sweet. --Locke.
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4. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of
endearment. "Wherefore frowns my sweet?" --B. Jonson.
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Sweet (gcide) | Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE.
swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te,
OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. saetr,
soetr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for
suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to
sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]
1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
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2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
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The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
--Longfellow.
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3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
voice; a sweet singer.
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To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
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A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
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4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
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Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
--Milton.
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5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
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6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
(b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
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7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
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Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
--Job xxxviii.
31.
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Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
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Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
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Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Sweet apple. (Bot.)
(a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b) See Sweet-sop.
Sweet bay. (Bot.)
(a) The laurel (Laurus nobilis).
(b) Swamp sassafras.
Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
(Passiflora maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and
producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
Sweet cicely. (Bot.)
(a) Either of the North American plants of the
umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.
(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (Myrrhis odorata)
growing in England.
Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet
flag}, below.
Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum)
from which the gum ladanum is obtained.
Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.
Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites
sagittata}) found in Western North America.
Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
See the Note under Corn.
Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia
asplenifolia} syn. Myrica asplenifolia) having
sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus)
having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and
America. See Calamus, 2.
Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter
fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and {Dutch
myrtle}. See 5th Gale.
Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.
Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar
styraciflua}). See Liquidambar.
Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
purposes.
Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.
Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.
Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram.
Sweet marten (Zool.), the pine marten.
Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.
Sweet oil, olive oil.
Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea.
Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato.
Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag.
Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous
ether}, under Spirit.
Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({Centaurea
odorata}); -- called also sultan flower.
Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
sweetmeats. [Colloq.]
Sweet William.
(a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many
varieties.
(b) (Zool.) The willow warbler.
(c) (Zool.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet
Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.
Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.
To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
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sweet (wn) | sweet
adv 1: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes
a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan
Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet
the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare;
"talking sweet to each other" [syn: sweetly, sweet]
adj 1: having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
[ant: sour]
2: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an
angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when
he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic,
angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]
3: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn:
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet]
4: pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the
sweet face of a child"
5: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn:
gratifying, sweet]
6: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
"scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed,
scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]
7: (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet
dessert wines" [ant: dry]
8: not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water" [syn:
fresh, sweet] [ant: salty]
9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh, sweet,
unfermented]
10: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened, sweet,
sweet-flavored]
n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern
phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: Sweet, Henry Sweet]
2: a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert,
sweet, afters]
3: a food rich in sugar [syn: sweet, confection]
4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn:
sweet, sweetness, sugariness]
5: the property of tasting as if it contains sugar [syn:
sweetness, sweet] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
sweetheart (mass) | sweetheart
- miláčik |
sweetie (mass) | sweetie
- miláčik, miláčik |
sweetly (mass) | sweetly
- sladko |
sweetness (mass) | sweetness
- sladkosť, sladidlo, cukor |
sweettalk (mass) | sweet-talk
- pochlebovať |
a sweet tooth (encz) | a sweet tooth,chuť na sladké Zdeněk Brož |
bitter-sweet (encz) | bitter-sweet,sladkohořký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bittersweet (encz) | bittersweet,sladkohořký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
climbing bittersweet (encz) | climbing bittersweet, n: |
evergreen bittersweet (encz) | evergreen bittersweet, n: |
false bittersweet (encz) | false bittersweet, n: |
have a sweet tooth (encz) | have a sweet tooth,mlsat v: Zdeněk Brož |
little sweetie (encz) | little sweetie,brouček Zdeněk Brož |
neck sweetbread (encz) | neck sweetbread, n: |
nonsweet (encz) | nonsweet, adj: |
oriental bittersweet (encz) | oriental bittersweet, n: |
semi-sweet chocolate (encz) | semi-sweet chocolate, n: |
semisweet (encz) | semisweet, |
short and sweet (encz) | short and sweet, adj: |
smell sweet (encz) | smell sweet,vonět v: Zdeněk Brož |
stomach sweetbread (encz) | stomach sweetbread, n: |
summer sweet (encz) | summer sweet, n: |
sweet acacia (encz) | sweet acacia, n: |
sweet alison (encz) | sweet alison, n: |
sweet almond (encz) | sweet almond, n: |
sweet almond oil (encz) | sweet almond oil, n: |
sweet alyssum (encz) | sweet alyssum, n: |
sweet balm (encz) | sweet balm, n: |
sweet basil (encz) | sweet basil, n: |
sweet bay (encz) | sweet bay, n: |
sweet bells (encz) | sweet bells, n: |
sweet birch (encz) | sweet birch, n: |
sweet buckeye (encz) | sweet buckeye, n: |
sweet calabash (encz) | sweet calabash, n: |
sweet calamus (encz) | sweet calamus, n: |
sweet cassava (encz) | sweet cassava, n: |
sweet cherry (encz) | sweet cherry, n: |
sweet chestnut (encz) | sweet chestnut, n: |
sweet cicely (encz) | sweet cicely, n: |
sweet cider (encz) | sweet cider, n: |
sweet clover (encz) | sweet clover, n: |
sweet coltsfoot (encz) | sweet coltsfoot, n: |
sweet corn (encz) | sweet corn,kukuřice Pavel Cvrčeksweet corn,kukuřice cukrová Zdeněk Brož |
sweet corn plant (encz) | sweet corn plant, n: |
sweet cup (encz) | sweet cup, n: |
sweet elder (encz) | sweet elder, n: |
sweet false chamomile (encz) | sweet false chamomile, n: |
sweet fanny adams (encz) | sweet Fanny Adams, n: |
sweet fern (encz) | sweet fern, n: |
sweet flag (encz) | sweet flag, n: |
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