'Sweetening' definitions:

Definition of 'sweetening'

(from WordNet)
noun
Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetening, sweetener]
noun
An improvement that makes something more agreeable [syn: enhancement, sweetening]
noun
The act of adding a sweetener to food

Definition of 'Sweetening'

From: GCIDE
  • Sweetening \Sweet"en*ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of making sweet. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which sweetens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sweetening'

From: GCIDE
  • Sweeten \Sweet"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sweetened; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweetening.] [See Sweet, a.]
  • 1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • And sweeten every secret tear. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate. [1913 Webster]
  • Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sweetening'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Sweetening'