Word: Sugar
How to pronounce: ˈʃʊgə
Noun
Definitions:
1. 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.
Example sentences: "A spoonful of sugar"
2. Any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.
Example sentences: "Complex sugars coat almost every cell in the body, as well as microbes that cause disease."
3. Used as a term of endearment or an affectionate form of address.
4. Used as a euphemism for “shit.”
5. A psychoactive drug in the form of white powder, especially heroin or cocaine.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar.
Example sentences: "She absentmindedly sugared her tea"
2. Make more agreeable or palatable.
Example sentences: "The novel was preachy but sugared heavily with jokes"
Synonyms:
saccharum
sucrose
sugar sand
sweeten
Derivations:
sugary
sugared
sugaring
sugariness
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Sugar in Other Languages...
Spanish: Azucarera
German: Zucker
French: Sucre
Italian: Zucchero
Turkish: şeker
