SWEETEN


Meaning of SWEETEN in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

sweetened condensed milk

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

sugar/sweeten the pill

They tried to sweeten the pill . b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.

To sweeten the pill , the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a can of sweetened milk

Add just enough sugar to sweeten the fruit slightly.

Mattel Inc. is expected to sweeten its offer.

Sprinkle sugar onto the cooked fruit to sweeten it.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A delivery of butter pecan or Neapolitan might sweeten the deal.

Probably honey was used originally to sweeten the apples instead of sugar.

Special offers sweeten the pot for those who wish to depart.

Stir a little honey in to sweeten when ready to eat.

The good light of it came down through the curve of the windscreen, sweetening my bitterness.

They sweeten the spring air of the Great Plains and the Northwest.

They are harvested after frost, the cold sweetening their flavor.

To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.

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