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   sugar

   /ˈʃʊɡə/

   noun

   • 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: "a spoonful of sugar"
   • ▪ a lump or teaspoonful of sugar, used to sweeten tea or coffee: "I'll have mine black with two sugars"
   • 2. any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.
   • 3. used as a term of endearment: informal North American "what's wrong, sugar?"
   • 4. used as a euphemism for ‘shit’: informal "‘Oh sugar!’ cried Sally"
   • 5. a narcotic drug, especially heroin or LSD: informal "bags full of extra-fine Colombian sugar"

   verb

   • 1. sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar: "Mother absent-mindedly sugared her tea"
   • ▪ spread a mixture of sugar, treacle, beer, etc., on a tree trunk in order to catch moths: "they netted butterflies and sugared for moths"
   • 2. make more agreeable or palatable: "the novel was preachy but sugared heavily with jokes"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sugarless adjective

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