Sugar - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- 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 contain (syn: carbohydrate)
- informal terms for money (syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, wampum)
verb
Extra examples
Would you pass the sugar, please?
Do you take sugar in your coffee?
Coffee with two sugars and milk, please.
The clean fruit is then dried and sugared.
They've been sugaring since they were children.
The bishop sugared the request with his smile.
How many sugars do you want in your tea?
Did you sugar my coffee?
You like more sugar in your tea than I do.
Do you take your coffee with or without sugar?
Do you take your coffee with sugar or without?
Add one cup of sugar to the mixture.
I gave the ingredients list a quick check to see if the cereal contained any sugar.
I tasted the tea and put more sugar in it.
To make frosting for the cake, mix powdered sugar with a little milk and vanilla.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: sugar
he/she/it: sugars
present participle: sugaring
past tense: sugared
past participle: sugared
singular: sugar
plural: sugars
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