The meaning of Sweets

plural noun

The sweet course following the main course of a meal; pudding.

Usage examples:

There was apple pie for afters

plural noun

(in soccer) a confrontation between players after a foul or other incident.

Usage examples:

They were both yellow-carded for a spot of afters before half-time

noun

Sweet food eaten at the end of a meal

Usage examples:

What's for afters, dad?

noun

A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of god, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.

Usage examples:

God sent an angel to talk to gideon

noun

A sexually attractive young woman.

Usage examples:

He's been pumping up his pecs to impress the babes

noun

A small baby, or infml an affectionate way of addressing a wife, husband, or other person you love

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

His wife's just had a baby

adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

Usage examples:

A baby version of the oxford movement

verb

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.

Usage examples:

Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes

noun

A person's boyfriend or girlfriend (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

I'm going to see my bae

abbreviation

British aerospace (now bae systems ).

noun

Someone you love; a boyfriend or girlfriend

Usage examples:

It's bad when bae doesn't reply to your texts., [ as form of address ] hey, bae. what's up?

adjective

Dearly loved.

Usage examples:

His beloved son

noun

A much loved person.

Usage examples:

He watched his beloved from afar

adjective

Loved very much

Usage examples:

His beloved wife died last year, and he is still grieving.

noun

A piece of confectionery; a sweet.

Usage examples:

Twentieth-century bonbons and sweets made in france include numerous regional specialities, traditi…

noun

A sweet that is soft in the middle

Usage examples:

She likes to sit on the couch eating bonbons.

noun

Sweets; confectionery.

Usage examples:

People sat eating popcorn and candy

verb

Preserve (fruit, nuts, etc.) by coating and saturating it with a sugar syrup.

Usage examples:

I candied the walnuts with maple syrup

noun

A small piece of sweet food made from sugar with chocolate, fruit, nuts, or flavors added

Usage examples:

[ u ] we dove into the box of chocolate candy as if we were starving.

noun

A food in the form of a paste or solid block made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened and eaten as confectionery.

Usage examples:

A bar of chocolate

noun

An elaborate sweet dish or delicacy.

Usage examples:

A fruit confection

noun

A sweet food, especially one that is unusual or complicated

Usage examples:

This moist, beautifully decorated confection is perfect for a special birthday., she makes 25 varie…

noun

Used as an affectionate form of address to a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Good night, darling

adjective

Beloved.

Usage examples:

His darling wife

noun

Used to show affection when speaking to someone

Usage examples:

Hello, darling., here’s a picture of my darling child.

adjective

Regarded with deep affection.

Usage examples:

A dear friend

noun

Used as an affectionate or friendly form of address.

Usage examples:

Don't you worry, dear

adverb

At a high cost.

Usage examples:

They buy property cheaply and sell dear

adjective

Most loved or cherished.

Usage examples:

One of my dearest friends

noun

Used as an affectionate form of address.

Usage examples:

You make me so happy, dearest

adjective

Regarded with deep affection.

Usage examples:

A dear friend

noun

The sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.

Usage examples:

A dessert of chocolate mousse

noun

Sweet food eaten at the end of a meal

Usage examples:

[ u ] he had apple pie with ice cream for dessert.

noun

A small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy.

Usage examples:

As well, both the dolls and the human models are masked.

verb

Dress someone smartly and attractively.

Usage examples:

I got all dolled up for a party

verb

Place a barrier in front of (a jump or other part of the course that is to be omitted from a race).

Usage examples:

Staff incorrectly dolled off a fence at the meeting

noun

A thick paste made of sugar and water and often flavoured or coloured, used in the making of sweets and the icing and decoration of cakes.

Usage examples:

Fondant icing is literally fondant warmed with a little syrup, flavoured, and coloured.

noun

A thick, soft, sweet food, made mainly of sugar and used to cover cakes, or a small soft sweet made mainly from sugar

Usage examples:

Fondant icing, dessert was chocolate fondant.

noun

A sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers.

noun

A sweet, sticky, yellow substance made by bees and used as food

Usage examples:

Hi, honey, i’m home.

noun

A name that you call someone you love or like very much

Usage examples:

Hi, honey, i'm home!

noun

An intense feeling of deep affection.

Usage examples:

Babies fill parents with feelings of love

verb

Feel deep affection for (someone).

Usage examples:

He loved his sister dearly

noun

A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

Usage examples:

The pony was a family pet

verb

Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.

Usage examples:

The cats came to be petted

noun

A fit of sulking or ill humour.

Usage examples:

Mother's in a pet

noun

An endearingly sweet or pretty child (often used as an affectionate form of address).

Usage examples:

‘here you are, poppet,’ the nurse said

noun

A person, especially a child, that you like or love

Usage examples:

[ as form of address ] come on, poppet, it's time for bed., oh, becky's a real poppet - such a swee…

noun

Short for pudding.

noun

Informal for pudding

Usage examples:

What's for pud?

noun

A cooked sweet dish served after the main course of a meal.

Usage examples:

A rice pudding

noun

A sweet dish, often made from sugar, milk, flour, and flavoring, and usually eaten after a meal

Usage examples:

[ u ] i’ll make rice pudding for dessert.

noun

(in spanish-speaking regions) a female romantic partner (often as an affectionate form of address).

Usage examples:

My querida and i went here for a late supper

noun

A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.

Usage examples:

A spoonful of sugar

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’.

Usage examples:

‘oh sugar!’ cried sally

noun

A sweet substance obtained esp. from particular plants and used to make food and drinks sweet

noun

A person with whom someone is having a romantic relationship.

Usage examples:

The pair were childhood sweethearts

noun

A person you love, esp. one with whom you have a romantic relationship

Usage examples:

Jeanne was my high school sweetheart., hi, sweetheart., she’s a sweetheart.

noun

A sweet.

Usage examples:

The girls' night in package fills you full of chocolate, sweeties, popcorn and ice-cream, but if yo…

noun

An item of confectionery or sweet food.

Usage examples:

He hurried back to his room like a schoolboy who has stolen a sweetmeat

noun

A small piece of sweet food, made of or covered in sugar

noun

A kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter, often with other ingredients or flavourings added.

Usage examples:

A pound of walnut toffee

noun

A hard, chewy, often brown sweet that is made from sugar boiled with butter

noun

A quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects.

Usage examples:

The ransom was to be paid in diamonds and treasure

verb

Keep carefully (a valuable or valued item).

Usage examples:

My mother gave me the ring and i'll treasure it always

noun

Great wealth, esp. in the form of a store of gold, silver, precious stones, or money

Usage examples:

[ u ] pirates are said to have buried treasure there., [ c ] jazz is america’s national treasure., …