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sug·ar
(sho͝og′ər)n.
1. A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugarcane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste. Also called table sugar.
2. 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.
3. A unit, such as a lump or cube, in which sugar is dispensed or taken.
4. Slang Sweetheart. Used as a term of endearment.
v. sug·ared, sug·ar·ing, sug·ars
v.tr.
1. To coat, cover, or sweeten with sugar.
2. To make less distasteful or more appealing.
v.intr.
1. To form sugar.
2. To form granules; granulate.
3. To make sugar or syrup from sugar maple sap. Often used with off.
[Middle English sugre, from Old French sukere, from Medieval Latin succārum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit śarkarā, grit, ground sugar.]
sug′ar·er n.
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sugar
(ˈʃʊɡə)n
1. (Elements & Compounds) Also called: sucrose or saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula: C12H22O11.
2. (Cookery) Also called: sucrose or saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula: C12H22O11.
3. (Elements & Compounds) any of a class of simple water-soluble carbohydrates, such as sucrose, lactose, and fructose
4. informal chiefly US and Canadian a term of affection, esp for one's sweetheart
5. (Banking & Finance) rare a slang word for money
6. (Recreational Drugs) a slang name for LSD
vb
7. (Cookery) (tr) to add sugar to; make sweet
8. (Cookery) (tr) to cover or sprinkle with sugar
9. (Biochemistry) (intr) to produce sugar
10. sugar the pill sugar the medicine to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant: the government stopped wage increases but sugared the pill by reducing taxes.
[C13 suker, from Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccārum, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit śarkarā]
ˈsugarless adj
ˈsugar-ˌlike adj
Sugar
(ˈʃʊɡə)n
(Biography) Alan (Michael). Baron. born 1947, British electronics entrepreneur; chairman of Amstrad (1968–2008); noted for his BBC series The Apprentice (from 2005)
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sug•ar
(ˈʃʊg ər)n.
1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained from the juice or sap of many plants, esp. commercially from sugarcane and the sugar beet; sucrose.
2. any other plant or animal substance of the same class of carbohydrates, as fructose or glucose.
3. (sometimes cap.) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, subordinates, etc.).
v.t. 4. to cover, sprinkle, mix, or sweeten with sugar.
5. to make agreeable.
v.i. 6. to form sugar or sugar crystals.
7. to make maple sugar.
8. sugar off, (in making maple sugar) to complete the boiling down of the syrup in preparation for granulation.
[1250–1300; Middle English sugre, sucre (n.) < Middle French sucre < Medieval Latin succārum < Italian zucchero < Arabic sukkar, akin to Persian shakar, Greek sákcharon (see sacchar-)]
sug′ar•less, adj.
sug′ar•like`, adj.
usage: Definition 3 is an affectionate term of address used to a child, sweetheart, etc. However, when used in the workplace or in social interactions with strangers, it is sometimes perceived as insulting.
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sug·ar
(sho͝og′ər)1. Any of a class of crystalline carbohydrates, such as sucrose, glucose, or lactose, that dissolve in water and have a characteristic sweet taste.
2. Sucrose.
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sugar
Past participle: sugared
Gerund: sugaring
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| Noun | 1. |  sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservativecaramelized sugar, caramel - burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food lump sugar - refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings cane sugar - sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent granulated sugar - sugar in the form of small grains beet sugar - sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent corn sugar - dextrose used as sweetening agent brown sugar - unrefined or only partly refined sugar sweetener, sweetening - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter |
| 2. |  sugar - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they containribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics | |
| 3. |  sugar - informal terms for money boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" | |
| Verb | 1. | sugar - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" |
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sugar
nounRelated words
adjective saccharine
adjective saccharine
Sugars
Edible sugars beet sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, caster sugar, crystallized sugar, demerara sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar, jaggery, maple sugar, muscovado sugar, palm sugar, powdered sugar, panocha, refined sugar, white sugar
Biochemical sugars aldose, arabinose, deoxyribose, dextrose or grape sugar, fructose or laevulose, galactose, glucose, invert sugar, lactose or milk sugar, maltose, mannose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sorbose, trehalose, triose, xylose or wood sugar
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Translations
захар
sucre
cukrsladit
sukkersødeindsukrekomme sukker påskat
sukero
sokerisokeroidakaunistellakultanenpehmentää
šećer
cukormegcukroz
gula
sykursykra
砂糖糖糖質糖類
설탕
apteptas glajumibe cukrauscukranendrėcukraus žnyplėscukringas
cukurssaldinātuzkaisīt cukuru
zahăr
sladkorcukrčeksladilosladkati
šećersladorшећер
sockersockra
น้ำตาล
şekerşeker koymak/katmak
цукор
đường
sugar
[ˈʃʊgəʳ]A. N
1. → azúcar m or f
to put sugar in sth → echar azúcar en algo
how many sugars do you take? (in general) → ¿cuánta or cuánto azúcar tomas?; (offering tea, coffee) → ¿cuánta or cuánto azúcar quieres?, ¿cuántos terrones quieres?
to put sugar in sth → echar azúcar en algo
how many sugars do you take? (in general) → ¿cuánta or cuánto azúcar tomas?; (offering tea, coffee) → ¿cuánta or cuánto azúcar quieres?, ¿cuántos terrones quieres?
2. (US) hi, sugar! → ¡oye, preciosidad!
3. oh sugar! → ¡mecachis!
C. CPD sugar basin N (Brit) → azucarero m
sugar beet N → remolacha f azucarera
sugar bowl N → azucarero m
sugar candy N → azúcar m candi
sugar cane N → caña f de azúcar
sugar cube N → terrón m de azúcar
sugar daddy N viejo adinerado amante o protector de una joven
sugar loaf N → pan m de azúcar
sugar lump N → terrón m de azúcar
sugar mill N → ingenio m azucarero
sugar plantation N → plantación f azucarera
sugar refinery N → ingenio m azucarero
sugar tongs NPL → tenacillas fpl para azúcar
sugar beet N → remolacha f azucarera
sugar bowl N → azucarero m
sugar candy N → azúcar m candi
sugar cane N → caña f de azúcar
sugar cube N → terrón m de azúcar
sugar daddy N viejo adinerado amante o protector de una joven
sugar loaf N → pan m de azúcar
sugar lump N → terrón m de azúcar
sugar mill N → ingenio m azucarero
sugar plantation N → plantación f azucarera
sugar refinery N → ingenio m azucarero
sugar tongs NPL → tenacillas fpl para azúcar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sugar
[ˈʃʊgər] n
modif [company, industry] → sucrier/ière; [growers, plantation] → de canne à sucre; [content, intake, levels] → en sucre; [intake, levels] → de sucre sugar factory
vt → sucrersugar basin n (British) → sucrier msugar beet n → betterave f à sucresugar bowl n → sucrier msugar cane n → canne f à sucresugar-coated [ˌʃʊgərˈkəʊtɪd] adj → dragéifié(e)sugar cube n → sucre m, morceau m de sucresugar daddy sugar-daddy [ˈʃʊgərdædi] n → papa m gâteausugared almond n → dragée fsugar factory n → raffinerie f de sucresugar-free [ˌʃʊgərˈfriː] adj → sans sucresugar lump n → morceau m de sucresugar pea n → mange-tout m inv, pois m mange-toutsugar refinery n → raffinerie f de sucre
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sugar
n
→ Zucker m
(inf: = term of affection) → (meine) Süße, (mein) Süßer, Schätzchen nt (all inf)
vt → zuckern, süßen; (fig) criticism etc → versüßen, mildern; to sugar the pill → die bittere Pille versüßen
sugar
in cpds → Zucker-;sugar basin
n → Zuckerdose f
sugar beet
n → Zuckerrübe f
sugar bowl
n → Zuckerdose f
sugar cane
n → Zuckerrohr nt
sugar-coating
n
(Cook) → Zuckerguss m
(fig) → Beschönigen nt, → Beschönigung f
sugar cube
n → Zuckerwürfel m
sugar daddy
sugar diabetes
sugar
:sugar-free
adj → ohne Zucker
sugar loaf
n → Zuckerhut m; Sugar Loaf Mountain → der Zuckerhut
sugar maple
n → Zuckerahorn m
sugar shaker
n → Zuckerstreuer m
sugar tongs
pl → Zuckerzange f
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sugar
(ˈʃugə) noun the sweet substance that is obtained from sugar-cane, or from the juice of certain other plants, and used in cooking and for sweetening tea, coffee etc. Do you take sugar in your coffee?
verb to sweeten, cover or sprinkle with sugar.
ˈsugary adjective1. tasting of sugar, or containing a lot of sugar. sugary foods.
2. too sweet or sentimental. a sugary story.
ˈsugariness nounˈsugar-cane noun
a type of tall grass from whose juice sugar is obtained.
ˌsugar-ˈcoated adjective covered with icing. sugar-coated biscuits.
ˈsugar-free adjective not containing sugar.
sugar lump a small cube of sugar used for sweetening tea etc.
sugar tongs an instrument for lifting sugar lumps. a pair of sugar tongs.
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sugar
→ سُكَّر cukr sukker Zucker ζάχαρη azúcar sokeri sucre šećer zucchero 砂糖 설탕 suiker sukker cukier açúcar сахар socker น้ำตาล şeker đường 糖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sug·ar
n. azúcar, carbohidrato que consiste esencialmente de sucrosa;
beet ___, cane ___ → sucrosa;
fruit ___ → fructosa;
grape ___ → glucosa;
milk ___ → lactosa.
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sugar
n azúcar m&fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.