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Definition sugar

Etymology

From Middle English sugre, sucre, from Middle French sucre, from Old French �ucre (circa 13th century), from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian z�ccharo, from Arabic ??????‎ (sukkar), from Persian ???‎ (�akar), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (�kl), ???‎ (�qr /�akar/), from Sanskrit ?????? (?�rkar?, �ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel�), from Proto-Indo-European *?orkeh? (�gravel, boulder�), akin to Ancient Greek ????? (kr�k?, �pebble�). Doublet of jaggery.

Noun

sugar (countable and uncountable, plural sugars)

1. (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
2. (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
3. (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
4. (countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
5. (countable) A term of endearment.
6. (countable, slang) A kiss.
7. (chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
8. (uncountable, informal) Diabetes.
9. (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
10. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
11. (US, slang) Heroin.

Verb

sugar (third-person singular simple present sugars, present participle sugaring, simple past and past participle sugared)

1. (transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
2. (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
3. (US, Canada, regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
4. (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
5. (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
6. (transitive) To compliment (a person).

Interjection

sugar

1. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit!

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