English > sweeten: 2 senses > verb 1, perception| Meaning | make sweeter in taste / taste. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate |
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| Narrower | honey | sweeten with honey |
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| mull | heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink |
| sugar, saccharify | sweeten with sugar |
| sugarcoat, glaze, candy | coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze |
| Broader | change taste | Alter the flavor of |
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| Opposite | sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify | make sour or more sour |
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| Spanish | azucarar, confitar, dulcificarse, edulcorar, endulzarse, endulzar |
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| Catalan | confitar, dulcificar-se, edulcorar, endolcir-se, endolcir, ensucrar |
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| Nouns | sweetening | the act of adding a sweetener to food |
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| sweetening, sweetener | something added to foods to make them taste sweeter |
