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sugar

noun

  1. any of a class of sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates, as the disaccharides and the monosaccharides
  2. sucrose, esp. when prepared as a crystalline or powdered substance used as a food and sweetening agent
  3. a sugar bowl, specif. as forming a set with a creamer
  4. flattery; honeyed words
  5. sugar diabetes
  6. Informal darling; sweetheart
  7. Slang money

transitive verb

  1. to mix, cover, sprinkle, or sweeten with sugar
  2. sugarcoat

intransitive verb

  1. ☆ to form sugar
  2. ☆ to boil down maple syrup to form maple sugar: usually with off

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