sweet
part of speech
adjective, noun (sweet, sweeter, sweetest; sweets)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sweet means tasting like sugar or honey. tree →
2) Sweets (UK) are candies; a sweet is one candy. tree →
3) A sweet (UK) is a dessert, the sweet dish at the end of a meal. tree →
4) Sweet means kind and gentle: a sweet smile. tree →
5) Sweet means pleasant or cute: a sweet puppy, a sweet smell. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: sweets are things counted, shared and eaten: sharing equally means divide, eating takes away. Health: too many sweets are bad for your teeth. Science: our tongue tastes sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Everyday: have a sweet tooth (like sugary food), sweet dreams.
examples
- Tom has 20 sweets. tree →
- He shares his sweets equally among 4 friends. tree →
- She ate 3 sweets. tree →
- A bag of sweets costs 2 dollars. tree →
- Honey tastes sweet. tree →
- Brush your teeth after eating sweets. tree →
- What a sweet little kitten! tree →
- Goodnight, sweet dreams. tree →
- My brother has a sweet tooth. tree →
- The blooming lychnis exhaled sweet odours. tree →
note
Adjective: sweet, sweeter, sweetest; noun «sweets» (UK) = candy (US). «Sweets» is the thing counted; sharing equally means divide, eating takes away. The adjective gives no clue. Trap: «sweet» sounds like «suite» (a set of rooms or furniture).
In the corpora
- Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.
- Diabetes is not caused by eating one too many sweets, and with care people with diabetes live normal lives.
- Vapes are made colourful and sweet-tasting, and selling them to under-18s is against the law.
- "Sweet as," says Dad.
- Real rabbits are built for grass and hay, and carrots are only a small sweet treat.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sweet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.