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[ sweet-n-ing, sweet-ning ] / ˈswit n ɪŋ, ˈswit nɪŋ /
nounsomething that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc. the process of causing something to be or become sweet. Origin of sweeteningFirst recorded in 1585–95; sweeten + -ing1 Words nearby sweeteningsweet clover, sweet corn, sweet dreams, sweeten, sweetener, sweetening, sweeten the kitty, sweet fern, sweet flag, sweet gale, sweet grass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweetening“Sweetening the pot,” “upping the ante,” “showing your cards,” “folding your hand”—all those clichés stem from poker for a reason. Obama's Poker Club Tells All|Randall Lane|December 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST Freshly grated pear barely needs any sweetening, which is why we encourage you to make the pear puree yourself. How Top Chefs Stay Thin|Rachel Syme|December 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST Sweetening the deal was the prize Best secured for the winner: lunch with Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo! The Blogosphere Charity Bake-off|Will Doig|November 2, 2008|DAILY BEAST In sweetening the cream, allow a teacup of sugar to each quart. Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree
Cook rice until soft in milk to cover, sweetening and flavoring to taste. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book|Myrtle Reed Cane-sugar is more soluble than the latter, and has twice the sweetening power. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene|Joseph Chrisman Hutchison This is used quite extensively as a sweetening agent in canned sweet corn, and other similar products. Detection of the Common Food Adulterants|Edwin M. Bruce At frequent intervals beds, chests, and bags were opened out and exposed to the sweetening influences of fresh air and sunshine. Terre Napoleon|Ernest Scott
British Dictionary definitions for sweeteningCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sweeteningmull, alleviate, honey, candy, sugar, placate, conciliate, assuage, soothe, pacify, mollify, propitiate, candy-coat, sugar-coat, soften up |