sugared

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Definitions

verb

To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.“John heavily sugars his coffee.”
To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.“She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.”
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.
To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.

adjective

Of food or drink, containing sugar.“Since starting my diet, I've stopped eating sugared breakfast cereals.”

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Synonyms

sweeten sugar-coat sugary sweetened sweet sugarcoated candied glacé artificially sweetened syrupy brown-sugared brown-sugary barley sugar confectionary sauced maple-syruped iced salted

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