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sugars

noun

Meaning

  1. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
  2. A specific variety of sugar.
  3. Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
  4. A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
  5. A term of endearment.
  6. A kiss.
  7. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
  8. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
  9. In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
  10. To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
  11. To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
  12. To compliment (a person).

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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