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sugar

verb

  1. sweeten (as) with sugar
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noun

  1. disaccharide formed by a molecule of glucose and one of fructose
  2. sugar chunks
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊɡə/ / /ˈʃɵɡə/ / /ˈʃʊɡɚ/

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-. The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.

  1. Minced oath of shit.

    “Oh, sugar!”

    “"Oh, sugar! I suppose that's so," reflected Tobias, filling his pipe.”

name

Etymology: * As a Hungarian surname, from the noun sugár (“light ray”). * As a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Zucker (“sugar”).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-. The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.

  1. A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.

    “To a pound of gooseberries take a pound and a half of double-refined sugar. Clarify the sugar with water, a pint to a pound of sugar, and when the syrup is cold, put the gooseberries single in your preserving pan, put the syrup to them, and set them on a gentle fire.”

    “There appears to be no prospect of success in attempting to combat the crisis by international arrangement, and any improvement in sugar prices can only be looked for from a diminution of the production, either as a consequence of deficient crops, or of a reduction in manufacture.”

  2. Any specific variety of sugar.

    “The experience of sugar planters in Louisiana this year in holding their sugars in warehouse for future sales at better prices has revealed again, as it has done heretofore, the fact that the presence of moisture in the sugars is inimical to their maintaining their standard of quality”

  3. Any of various small, water-soluble carbohydrates such as are used by organisms for energy and various other purposes.

    “At the end of the second week there were less reducing sugars in the unpruned plants than in the previous week, but those in the pruned plants were the same.”

    “Generally speaking, plants have a much greater variety of sugars and linkages than animal tissues have.”

  4. A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.

    “He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.”

    ““A slice of lemon and two sugars, please.” “You needn't have said that. I know how you like your tea. I know how you like everything.””

  5. A bowl or other container of sugar.

    “Pass the sugar, please”

  6. A term of endearment.

    “I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.”

    “Sugar, ah honey honey / You are my candy girl / And you've got me wanting you”

  7. Affection shown by kisses or kissing.

    “Gimme some sugar, baby.”

  8. Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.

    “I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.”

    “There are depths and heights of beauty in him beyond tears - but there is no sugar, not even any honey.”

  9. Diabetes.

    “One respondent said that he had been told by his doctor that he had 'sugar' and diabetes, thus affirming for him the distinctiveness of the two illnesses. The distinction made sense to some of them as the relationship between diabetes and 'sugar' seemed to relate to their experiences of the West Indies, where 'sugar' was believed to be rare and diabetes common.”

    “The veterinarian said his real problem was that he had sugar, and not to concentrate on the problem with his eyes.”

  10. Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.

    “Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.”

    “Mons. Lemery is of Opinion that Sweetness proceeds from a close Mixture of an Acid with a Sulphur, or with an Oyl that temperates and corrects it; he supports his Conjecture by the instance of Sugar of Saturn, so called from its Sweetness, which is Lead, a Metal insipid in its self, but very Sulphureous, dissolved by an Acid.”

  11. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
  12. Heroin.
  13. Money.
  14. Syntactic sugar.

    “However, this bookkeeping is much less local syntax and sugar.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-. The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.

  1. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

    “John heavily sugars his coffee.”

    “See, I've put sugar-plums on his coat for fancy buttons, sugared his shirt-frill, and put on a red almond to his hat-front.”

  2. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

    “She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.”

    “He also published the "Weekly Recorder," an indefinite title, which was his way of sugaring what soon became in the region where it was published, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, a very bitter pill.”

  3. 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.

    “To sugar off, I prefer using a kettle that will hold about half a. barrel; and boil over a brisk, steady fire, till on dropping some of the syrup into cold water it will break like glass, then dip it into wooden trays to cool, and when it is grained stir it briskly.”

    “A long time ago my grandmother and I used to boil maple sap. When she sugared off, I stood there.”

  4. To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.

    “Some entomologists assert that it is useless to sugar when ivy is in bloom.”

    “The latter are best taken by "sugaring" — painting patches of mixed beer and sugar on a series of tree trunks, and making several rounds at twilight with a lantern and a cyanide bottle.”

  5. To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.

    “You can sugar the syntax of constants thus: […]”

    “Sure, you could sugar the latter to look like the former (effectively implementing closures as objects), but it seems simpler to just allow the former.”

  6. To compliment (a person).
  7. To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice.