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Noun: sweetening  swee-t(u)-ning
  1. The act of adding a sweetener to food
    "The sweetening of the tea with honey enhanced its natural flavours"
     
  2. Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
    "He stirred a packet of artificial sweetening into his iced tea";
    - sweetener
     
  3. An improvement that makes something more agreeable
    "The addition of music was a nice sweetening to the presentation";
    - enhancement
Verb: sweeten  swee-t(u)n
  1. Make sweeter in taste
    "They sweetened the medicine to make it more palatable for children";
    - dulcify, edulcorate [archaic], dulcorate [archaic]
     
  2. Make more pleasant or agreeable
    "sweeten a deal";
    - sugar

Derived forms: sweetenings

Type of: alter, change, change taste, flavor [US], flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], improvement, modify, seasoner, seasoning

Encyclopedia: Sweetening

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