candying

noun pl. candies

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

Origin: < 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, candying

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

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

intransitive verb