sugar (n.)

  1. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

    [ Syn: refined sugar ]

  2. 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 , saccharide ]

  3. informal terms for money

    [ Syn: boodle , bread , cabbage , clams , dinero , dough , gelt , kale , lettuce , lolly , lucre , loot , moolah , pelf , scratch , shekels , simoleons , wampum ]

    sugar (v.)

  1. sweeten with sugar; sugar your tea

    [ Syn: saccharify ]

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