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sour

Definitions

adjective

  1. having a sharp biting taste
  2. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
  3. showing a brooding ill humor
  4. smelling of fermentation or staleness
  5. in an unpalatable state
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noun

  1. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
  2. the property of being acidic
  3. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

verb

  1. make sour or more sour
  2. go sour or spoil

Examples

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Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for.

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sweet

Definitions

adjective

  1. with sweetening added
  2. not containing or composed of salt water
  3. not soured or preserved
  4. pleasing to the senses
  5. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
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noun

  1. a food rich in sugar
  2. a dish served as the last course of a meal
  3. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
  4. the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

adverb

  1. in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

Examples

Does the plain, unsugared doughy type bagel look alike surpass the overly decorated with hundreds and thousands and pumped full of sweet chemicals with optional coating of chocolate (half dipped) Tescos Express doughnut win every time?

As he rose in society, his romantic entanglements damaged his career and he returned to his former sweetheart in Ireland.

Basically, it is a fish stew mixed with squash, sweet potatoes, okra, tamarind, and different kinds of peppers.

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