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Sweet means a piece of candy or another good tasting treat.

(noun)

An example of a sweet is a lollipop.

The definition of sweet is a description for a person who is nice or for something that tastes good and that is usually sugary.

(adjective)

An example of sweet is the way you describe a generally nice girl that everyone likes.
An example of sweet is the way you would describe the taste of cake or candy.

See sweet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. having a taste of, or like that of, sugar
2. containing sugar in some form: sweet wines
1. having a generally agreeable taste, smell, sound, appearance, etc.; pleasant
2. agreeable to the mind; gratifying: sweet praise
3. having a friendly, pleasing disposition; characterized by kindliness and gentleness: a sweet girl
4. dear: formerly a polite form of address: sweet sir
5. sentimental, saccharine, or cloying
6. Slang good, delightful, etc.: a generalized epithet of approval
1. not rancid, spoiled, sour, or fermented: sweet milk, sweet cider
2. not salty or salted: said of water or butter
3. free from sourness or acidity: said of soil
Chem.
1. free from unpleasant odors and gases
2. purified and free from acid, corrosive elements, etc.
Jazz designating or of music or playing characterized by more or less strict adherence to melody, sentimentality or blandness in tone and rhythm, and a moderate tempo

Origin: ME swete < OE, akin to swot, sweetness, Ger süss, sweet < IE base *swad-, pleasing to taste > Gr hēdys, sweet, L suadere, to persuade & suavis, sweet

noun

the quality of being sweet; sweetness
1. sweet foods
2. Chiefly Brit. a piece of candy, or a sweet dessert
3. something, as an experience, that gives delight or satisfaction: usually used in pl.: the sweets of victory
4. ☆ sweet potato
a sweet, or beloved, person; darling

adverb

in a sweet manner

Related Forms:

sweetly adverb
sweetness noun

Sweet, Henry 1845-1912; Eng. linguist

See sweet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective sweet·er, sweet·est

Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.
a. Containing or derived from sugar.
b. Retaining some natural sugar; not dry: a sweet wine.
a. Pleasing to the senses; agreeable: the sweet song of the lark; a sweet face.
b. Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying: sweet revenge.
Having a pleasing disposition; lovable: a sweet child.
Kind; gracious: It was sweet of him to help out.
Fragrant; perfumed: a sweet scent.
Not saline or salted: sweet water; sweet butter.
Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh: sweet milk.
Free of acid or acidity: sweet soil.
Low in sulfur content: sweet fuel oil.
Music Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.
Used as an intensive: took his own sweet time to finish; earns a sweet million per year.

adverb

In a sweet manner; sweetly.

noun

Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.
Something sweet to the taste.
sweets
a. Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.
b. Informal Sweet potatoes: candied sweets.
Chiefly British
a. A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.
b. A sweetmeat or confection.
A dear or beloved person.
Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.