noun pl. candies -·dies

1. crystallized sugar made by boiling and evaporating cane sugar, syrup, etc.
2. 1. a sweet food, usually in small pieces or bars, made mainly from sugar or syrup, with flavoring, fruit, chocolate, nuts, etc. added
   2. a piece of such food

Etymology: < sugar candy < ME (sugre) candi < OFr (sucre) candi < OIt (zucchero) candi < Ar qandi < Pers qand, cane sugar; prob. < Sans khaṇḍa, piece (of sugar)

transitive verb candied -·died, candying -·dy·ing

1. to cook in or with sugar or syrup, esp. to preserve, glaze, or encrust
2. to crystallize into or like sugar
3. to sweeten; make pleasant

Etymology: Fr candir < It candire < candi: see the candy

intransitive verb