Bible Dictionaries
Sweet

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

(2):

(superl.) 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.

(3):

(superl.) 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.

(4):

(superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

(5):

(superl.) 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.

(6):

(n.) That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.

(7):

(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

(8):

(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

(9):

(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

(10):

(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

(11):

(n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.

(12):

(adv.) Sweetly.

(13):

(v. t.) To sweeten.

(14):

(superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

(15):

(superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sweet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sweet.html. 1828.