"sweetening" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "long sweetening"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "short sweetening"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sweetenings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "sweetening (countable and uncountable, plural sweetenings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The process of making something sweeter."
      ],
      "id": "en-sweetening-en-noun-S8DJ12dr",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "edulcorazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sötning"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Honey is the oldest of sweetenings."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sweetener."
      ],
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        [
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          "sweetener"
        ]
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweetening"
}

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sweeten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of sweeten"
      ],
      "id": "en-sweetening-en-verb-cNKL1fke",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweeten",
          "sweeten#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweetening"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "long sweetening"
    },
    {
      "word": "short sweetening"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sweetenings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The process of making something sweeter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Honey is the oldest of sweetenings."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sweetener."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetener",
          "sweetener"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "edulcorazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sötning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweetening"
}

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    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        }
      ],
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        "present participle and gerund of sweeten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweeten",
          "sweeten#English"
        ]
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  "word": "sweetening"
}