Definition of "sugar"
- noun
Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
When used to sweeten drink, an amount of such crystalline sucrose approximately equal to five grams or one teaspoon.
Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
A generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.
A term of endearment.
- verb
To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
- interjection
A euphemistic interjection.
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