sugar🔊

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

Any specific variety of sugar.

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

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

A bowl or other container of sugar.

{{non-gloss|A term of endearment.}} +

(slang) Affection shown by kisses or kissing. +

Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.

(informal) Diabetes.

(dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.

Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.

Heroin. +

(dated) Money.

(programming) {{cap|syntactic sugar}}.

To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

(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''.

(entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.

To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.

To compliment (a person).

To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water{{,}} and lemon juice.

(shit).