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English noun: sugar | |||
| 1. | sugar (food) a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative | ||
| Synonyms | refined sugar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sweetener, sweetening | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beet sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, caramel, caramelized sugar, corn sugar, granulated sugar, loaf sugar, lump sugar, sugar loaf, sugarloaf | ||
| 2. | sugar (substance) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | carbohydrate, saccharide | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | macromolecule, supermolecule | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beet sugar, cane sugar, deoxyribose, invert sugar, jaggary, jaggery, jagghery, maple sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharose, oligosaccharide, polyose, polysaccharide, ribose, simple sugar, wood sugar, xylose | ||
| 3. | sugar (possession) informal terms for money | ||
| Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, wampum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | money | ||
English verb: sugar | |||
| 1. | sugar (perception) sweeten with sugar | ||
| Samples | Sugar your tea. | ||
| Synonyms | saccharify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten | ||
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