/ Dictionary / Index S short sweetening: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: short' sweet'ening Pronunciation: [key] — Chiefly Southern and Midland U.S. Chiefly Southern and Midland U.S. sugar. Cf. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. short subject short-tailed shearwater Related Content Daily Word Quiz: resilient Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language