sugar

sugar
noun
1》 a sweet crystalline substance obtained especially from sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
2》 Biochemistry any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.
3》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. used as a term of endearment.
4》 informal a narcotic drug, especially heroin or LSD.
verb
1》 sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar.
    ↘make more agreeable or palatable.
2》 [as noun sugaring] a method of removing unwanted hair by applying a mixture of lemon juice, sugar, and water to the skin and then peeling it off together with the hair.
3》 [as noun sugaring] N. Amer. the boiling down of maple sap until it thickens into syrup or crystallizes into sugar.
4》 [usu. as noun sugaring] Entomology spread a sugar mixture on a tree trunk in order to catch moths.
Derivatives
sugarless adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. sukere, from Ital. zucchero, prob. via med. L. from Arab. sukkar.

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