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Definitions for Sugar

[1] a sweet, crystalline substance, C1 2 H2 2 O1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
[2] Chemistry . a member of the same class of carbohydrates, as lactose, glucose, or fructose.
[3] (sometimes initial capital letter ) an affectionate or familiar term of address, as to a child or a romantic partner (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
[4] a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter S.
[5] Slang . money.
[6] Slang . LSD
[7] to cover, sprinkle, mix, or sweeten with sugar.
[8] to make agreeable.
[9] to form sugar or sugar crystals.
[10] to make maple sugar.
[11] sugar off , (in making maple sugar) to complete the boiling down of the syrup in preparation for granulation.
[12] Also called: sucrose , saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula: C 12 H 22 O 11 Related adjective: saccharine
[13] any of a class of simple water-soluble carbohydrates, such as sucrose, lactose, and fructose
[14] informal , mainly US and Canadian a term of affection, esp for one's sweetheart
[15] rare a slang word for money
[16] a slang name for LSD
[17] (tr) to add sugar to; make sweet
[18] (tr) to cover or sprinkle with sugar
[19] (intr) to produce sugar
[20] sugar the pill or sugar the medicine to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant the government stopped wage increases but sugared the pill by reducing taxes
[21] Alan (Michael ). Baron. born 1947, British electronics entrepreneur; chairman of Amstrad (1968–2008); noted for his BBC series The Apprentice (from 2005)

Words related to Sugar

carbohydrate, candy, levulose, lactose, saccharin, xylose, caramel, sucrose, maltose, fructose, dextrose, saccharose, sweetener, glucose

Words nearby Sugar

suffusion, sufi, sufism, sufu, sug-, sugar, sugar act, sugar apple, sugar bag, sugar basin, sugar beet

Origin of Sugar

1250–1300; Middle English sugre, sucre (noun) < Middle French sucre < Medieval Latin succārum < Italian zucchero < Arabic sukkar; obscurely akin to Persian shakar, Greek sákcharon (see sacchar-)

Other words from Sugar

sug·ar·less , adjective
sug·ar·like , adjective
non·sug·ar , noun

Word origin for Sugar

C13 suker, from Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccārum, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit śarkarā

Synonyms for Sugar

carbohydrate, candy, caramel, dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, levulose, maltose, saccharin, saccharose, sucrose, sweetener, xylose, cassonade