SWEET

[adjective] -er, -est - (esp. of food or drink) having a taste similar to that of sugar; not bitter or saltyDo you want your pancakes sweet or savoury?The pineapple was very ripe - sweet and juicy.It's quite a sweet-smelling perfume.(US) Sweet butter has had no salt added to it.If an emotion or event is sweet, it is very pleasant and satisfying.For her, revenge was sweet.She was enjoying the sweet smell of success.If a sound is sweet, it is pleasant and easy to like.She has a sweet singing voice.Sweet can be used, esp. of something or someone small, to mean charming and attractive.The little baby elephant looked so sweet.They live in a sweet little house.What a sweet baby!Sweet can also mean kind, generous and likeable.I think Alex is really sweet.It was sweet of you to help me.They were very sweet to us when we stayed with them.To keep someone sweet is to try to keep them satisfied and pleased with you.We're allowing the French engineers to use our computers, to keep them sweet in case we need their help later on.(dated informal) If you are sweet on someone, you like them very much or you are in love with them.She's still sweet on him after all this time!Sweet-and-sour food has a flavour that is both sweet and sour.sweet-and-sour chickenSweet-and-sour dishes and sauces are typical of Chinese cooking.(UK) A sweet chestnut (US chestnut) is a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large round nuts that are cooked and eaten hot.(slang) Sweet Fanny Adams ( sweet F A) means nothing.I know sweet Fanny Adams about it.(humorous) Sweet nothings are romantic and loving talk.They're the couple in the corner, whispering/murmuring sweet nothings to each other.A sweet pea is a climbing plant with pale-coloured sweet-smelling flowers.A sweet pepper is a pepper (VEGETABLE).A sweet potato (esp. US also yam) is a pinkish brown or orange-coloured vegetable with yellow flesh.(informal) To sweet-talk someone is to talk to them in a pleasing and/or clever way in order to persuade them to do or believe something.At election time, the politicians arrive and sweet-talk us but they never keep their promises.The salesman tried to sweet-talk me into buying a bigger car.Don't let the sweet talk fool you!If you have a sweet tooth, you like eating sweet foods, esp. sweets and chocolate.