sugar

Sugar is defined as any of the sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates, or an informal term for sweetheart.

Facts About Sugar

The most common form of sugar is sucrose.
High fructose corn syrup and glucose are sugars.
Sugar is used in many laboratories to start reactions and can fuel much of molecular biology.
It is extremely possible to become addicted to sugar and to destroy your body with too much of this chemical inside of you.

(noun)

Sugar means to sprinkle with, or sweeten with any of the sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates.

(verb)

An example of sugar is to sprinkle a cookie with sugar.

See sugar in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: ME sucre < OFr < OSp azúcar or OIt zucchero, both < Ar sukkar < Pers šakar < Sans śárkarâ, akin to śarkaraḥ, pebble

transitive verb

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See sugar in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste. Also called table sugar.
Any of a class of water-soluble crystalline carbohydrates, including sucrose and lactose, having a characteristically sweet taste and classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides, and trisaccharides.
A unit, such as a lump or cube, in which sugar is dispensed or taken.
Slang Sweetheart. Used as a term of endearment.

verb sug·ared, sug·ar·ing, sug·ars

verb, transitive