قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.

A winning of all the stakes or prizes.

A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.

A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.

A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.

One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.

Moving with a sweeping motion.

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.