sweetenverb [ T ]
uk/ˈswiː.tən/us/ˈswiː.tən/sweeten verb [ T ] (TASTE)
to make something taste sweet:
The apple mixture can be sweetened with honey.
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- thicken
- thin
- whip sth up
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sweeten verb [ T ] (MORE PLEASANT)
to make something more attractive:
The phone company threw in two month's worth of free calls to sweeten the deal.
to make a person or a mood happier or friendlier:
I think you should try to sweeten him up before you ask him for the loan.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
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