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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Sweet, ID
    Zip code(s): 83670

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. ``A
        wilderness of sweets.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the
        sweets of domestic life.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish
              of the sweet.                         --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of
        endearment. ``Wherefore frowns my sweet?'' --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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. s[ae]tr,
     s[oe]tr, 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
        sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
                                                    --Longfellow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
        as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sweet interchange
              Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
        winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
                                                    --Job xxxviii.
                                                    31.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
              established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
           compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
           sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
  
     Sweet apple. (Bot.)
        (a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
        (b) See Sweet-top.
  
     Sweet bay. (Bot.)
        (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis).
        (b) Swamp sassafras.
  
     Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
        ({P. 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.
        Myrrhis+({M.+odorata" rel="nofollow">(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis ({M. odorata) growing
            in England.
  
     Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet
        flag, below.
  
     Sweet+Cistus+(Bot.),+an+evergreen+shrub+({Cistus+Ladanum" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 ({C. 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) (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler.
        (c) (Zo["o]l.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sweet \Sweet\, adv.
     Sweetly. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sweet \Sweet\, v. t.
     To sweeten. [Obs.] --Udall.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
     A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
     extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
     vervain.
  
     Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
           Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
           --Brewer.
  
     Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
        from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
        called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
  
     Lemon, or Sweet, verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous plant
        ({Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a
        pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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. s[ae]tr,
     s[oe]tr, 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.
  
     2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
        sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
  
              The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
                                                    --Longfellow.
  
     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.
  
              To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
  
     4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
        as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
  
              Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,
              and plains.                           --Milton.
  
     5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
  
     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.
  
     7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
        winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
  
              Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
                                                    --Job xxxviii.
                                                    31.
  
              Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
              established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
  
     Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
           compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
           sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
  
     Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
  
     Sweet apple. (Bot.)
        (a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
        (b) See Sweet-top.
  
     Sweet bay. (Bot.)
        (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis).
        (b) Swamp sassafras.
  
     Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
        ({P. 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.
        Myrrhis+({M.+odorata" rel="nofollow">(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis ({M. odorata) growing
            in England.
  
     Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet
        flag, below.
  
     Sweet+Cistus+(Bot.),+an+evergreen+shrub+({Cistus+Ladanum" rel="nofollow">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, or Myrica, asplenifolia) having
        sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
        
  
     Sweet+flag+(Bot.),+an+endogenous+plant+({Acorus+Calamus" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 ({C. 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) (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler.
        (c) (Zo["o]l.) 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.
  
     Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sweet \Sweet\, adv.
     Sweetly. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sweet \Sweet\, v. t.
     To sweeten. [Obs.] --Udall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. ``A
        wilderness of sweets.'' --Milton.
  
     3. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the
        sweets of domestic life.
  
              A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish
              of the sweet.                         --Locke.
  
     4. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of
        endearment. ``Wherefore frowns my sweet?'' --B. Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  sweet
       adj 1: having a pleasant taste (as 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]
       3: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: dulcet,
           honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant]
       4: one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like
          the taste of sugar or honey
       5: pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the
          sweet face of a child"
       6: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: gratifying]
       7: 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-scented, sweet-smelling]
       8: (used of wines) having a sweet taste [ant: dry]
       9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh, unfermented]
       10: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened]
       11: not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: unsalty]
       n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics
            (1845-1912) [syn: Henry Sweet]
       2: a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert,
          afters]
       3: a food rich in sugar [syn: confection, confectionery]
       4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn:
           sweetness, sugariness]
       5: the property of containing sugar [syn: sweetness]
       adv : 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 το γλυκό, μία από τις βασικές γεύσεις
     2 το γλυκό, το γλύκισμα
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το γλυκό, μία από τις βασικές γεύσεις
     2 το γλυκό, το γλύκισμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     a.
     1 Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste
  sensation induced by sugar.
     2 Having a taste of sugar.
     adv.
     In a sweet manner.
     interj.
     ''Used as a positive response to good news or information.''
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
     2 (lb en countable especially UK) A confection made from sugar, or
  high in sugar content; a candy.
     3 (lb en countable especially UK) A food eaten for dessert.
     4 (synonym of en sweetheart), a term of affection.
     5 (lb en obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a
  perfume.
     6 (lb en obsolete) sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind
  or senses.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete or poetic) To sweeten.
     Middle Dutch alt.
     (l dum sweit)
     Middle Dutch n.
     sweat, perspiration

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Sweet
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (given name en female).
     3 (place en unincorporated community co/Gem County s/Idaho c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     a.
     1 Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste
  sensation induced by sugar.
     2 Having a taste of sugar.
     adv.
     In a sweet manner.
     interj.
     ''Used as a positive response to good news or information.''
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
     2 (lb en countable especially UK) A confection made from sugar, or
  high in sugar content; a candy.
     3 (lb en countable especially UK) A food eaten for dessert.
     4 (synonym of en sweetheart), a term of affection.
     5 (lb en obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a
  perfume.
     6 (lb en obsolete) sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind
  or senses.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete or poetic) To sweeten.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Sweet
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (given name en female).
     3 (place en unincorporated community co/Gem County s/Idaho c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     Middle Dutch alt.
     (l dum sweit)
     Middle Dutch n.
     sweat, perspiration

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Sweet
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (given name en female).
     3 (place en unincorporated community co/Gem County s/Idaho c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     Middle Dutch alt.
     (l dum sweit)
     Middle Dutch n.
     sweat, perspiration

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Sweet
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (given name en female).
     3 (place en unincorporated community co/Gem County s/Idaho c/USA).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     Englanti a.
     1 makea
     2 ihana
     Englanti n.
     1 makeinen
     2 jälkiruoka

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sweet
     Engelska a.
     1 söt; med söt smak
     2 söt; inte salt

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Sweet
     Lågtyska n.
     svett

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  sweet /swˈiːt/
  1. lieflik, soet
  2. lekkers

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Sweet /swˈiːt/
  الحلوى

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sweet //swit// //swiːt// 
  1. сла́дък, сладка, сладко
  2. сла́дък 2.
  containing a sweetening ingredient
   3.
  of a wine: retaining a portion of sugar
  3. сла́дък, сладък 2.
  having a pleasant taste
   3.
  having a taste of sugar
  4. пре́сен
  not having a salty taste