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sweetening
 
Noun sweetening has 3 senses
  1. sweetening, sweetener - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
    --1 is a kind of flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
    --1 has particulars:
     aspartame; honey; saccharin; sugar, refined sugar; syrup, sirup
    Derived form: verb sweeten1
  2. enhancement, sweetening - an improvement that makes something more agreeable
    --2 is a kind of improvement
    Derived form: verb sweeten2
  3. sweetening - the act of adding a sweetener to food
    --3 is a kind of     seasoning
    Derived form: verb sweeten1
Verb sweeten has 2 senses
  1. sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate - make sweeter in taste
    --1 is one way to change taste
    Antonyms: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify
    Derived forms: noun sweetener1, noun sweetening1, noun sweetening3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. sweeten - make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"
    --2 is one way to     change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun sweetener2, noun sweetening2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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