Found 3 items, similar to Sweetening.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sweeten mempermanis, menggulai
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sweetening sweetening n 1: something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetener] 2: an improvement that makes something more agreeable [syn: enhancement] 3: the act of adding a sweetener to food
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sweetening Sweetening \Sweet"en*ing\, n. 1. The act of making sweet. [1913 Webster] 2. That which sweetens. [1913 Webster] 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]