Sweeten

verb

/ˈswiːtən/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo make sweet to the taste.

"to sweeten tea"

2.verbTo make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.

"to sweeten friendship"

3.verbTo make mild or kind; to soften.

"to sweeten the temper"

4.verbTo make less painful or laborious; to relieve.

"to sweeten the cares of life"

5.verbTo soften to the eye; to make delicate.

6.verbTo make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.

"to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected"

7.verbTo make warm and fertile.

"to dry and sweeten soils"

8.verbTo restore to purity; to free from taint.

"to sweeten water, butter, or meat"

9.verbTo make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.

10.verbTo become sweet.