sugar (redirected from Sugar alcohols)

sug·ar  (shgr)

n.

1. A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste. Also called table sugar.

2. Any of a class of water-soluble crystalline carbohydrates, including sucrose and lactose, having a characteristically sweet taste and classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides, and trisaccharides.

3. A unit, such as a lump or cube, in which sugar is dispensed or taken.

4. Slang Sweetheart. Used as a term of endearment.

v. sug·ared, sug·ar·ing, sug·ars

v.tr.

1. To coat, cover, or sweeten with sugar.

2. To make less distasteful or more appealing.

v.intr.

1. To form sugar.

2. To form granules; granulate.

3. To make sugar or syrup from sugar maple sap. Often used with off.

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[Middle English sugre, from Old French sukere, from Medieval Latin succrum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit arkar, grit, ground sugar.]

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sugar·er n.

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sugar [ˈʃʊgə]

n

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (Cookery) 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: C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ Related adj saccharine

2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of a class of simple water-soluble carbohydrates, such as sucrose, lactose, and fructose

3. Informal chiefly US and Canadian a term of affection, esp for one's sweetheart

4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Rare a slang word for money

5. (Law / Recreational Drugs) a slang name for LSD

vb

1. (Cookery) (tr) to add sugar to; make sweet

2. (Cookery) (tr) to cover or sprinkle with sugar

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) (intr) to produce sugar

sugar the pill or medicine to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant the government stopped wage increases but sugared the pill by reducing taxes

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

sugarless  adj

sugar-like  adj

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Sugar [ˈʃʊgə]

n

(Biographies / Sugar, Sir Alan (Michael) (1947 M, British, BUSINESS: businessman) Sir Alan (Michael). born 1947, British electronics entrepreneur; chairman of Amstrad from 1968

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sugar  (shgr)

Any of a class of crystalline carbohydrates that are water-soluble, have a characteristic sweet taste, and are universally present in animals and plants. They are characterized by the many OH groups they contain. Sugars are monosaccharides or small oligosaccharides, and include sucrose, glucose, and lactose.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative refined sugar caramelized sugar, caramel - burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food lump sugar - refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings loaf sugar, sugar loaf, sugarloaf - a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar cane sugar - sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent granulated sugar - sugar in the form of small grains beet sugar - sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent corn sugar - dextrose used as sweetening agent brown sugar - unrefined or only partly refined sugar sweetener, sweetening - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
	2.	sugar - 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 carbohydrate, saccharide ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules jaggary, jaggery, jagghery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
	3.	sugar - informal terms for money             boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
Verb	1.	sugar - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" saccharify dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten - make sweeter in taste

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sugar noun

Related words
adjective saccharine

Sugars

Edible sugars  beet sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, caster sugar, crystallized sugar, demerara sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar, jaggery, maple sugar, muscovado sugar, palm sugar, powdered sugar, panocha, refined sugar, white sugar

Biochemical sugars  aldose, arabinose, deoxyribose, dextrose or grape sugar, fructose or laevulose, galactose, glucose, invert sugar, lactose or milk sugar, maltose, mannose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sorbose, trehalose, triose, xylose or wood sugar

Translations

sugar [ˈʃʊgəʳ]

A. N

1. → azúcar m or f
to put sugar in sth → echar azúcar en algo
how many sugars do you take? (in general) → ¿cuánta or cuánto azúcar tomas?; (offering tea, coffee) → ¿cuánta or cuánto azúcar quieres?, ¿cuántos terrones quieres?

2. (US) hi, sugar! → ¡oye, preciosidad!

3. oh sugar! → ¡mecachis!

B. VT [+ tea etc] → azucarar, echar azúcar a
see also pill

C. CPD sugar basin N (Brit) → azucarero m
sugar beet N → remolacha f azucarera
sugar bowl N → azucarero m
sugar candy N → azúcar m candi
sugar cane N → caña f de azúcar
sugar cube N → terrón m de azúcar
sugar daddy N viejo adinerado amante o protector de una joven
sugar loaf N → pan m de azúcar
sugar lump N → terrón m de azúcar
sugar mill N → ingenio m azucarero
sugar plantation N → plantación f azucarera
sugar refinery N → ingenio m azucarero
sugar tongs NPL → tenacillas fpl para azúcar

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sugar [ˈʃʊgə^r]

n

(= food) → sucre m
Do you take sugar? → Est-ce que vous prenez du sucre?

(= term of endearment) → mon chou
Yes, sugar → Oui, mon chou.

modif [company, industry] → sucrier/ière; [growers, plantation] → de canne à sucre; [content, intake, levels] → en sucre; [intake, levels] → de sucre sugar factory

vt → sucrer
sugar basin n (British) → sucrier m
sugar beet n → betterave f à sucre
sugar bowl n → sucrier m
sugar cane n → canne f à sucre
sugar-coated [ˌʃʊgə^rˈkəʊtɪd] adj → dragéifié(e)
sugar cube n → sucre m, morceau m de sucre
sugar daddy sugar-daddy [ˈʃʊgə^rdædi] n → papa m gâteau
sugared almond n → dragée f
sugar factory n → raffinerie f de sucre
sugar-free [ˌʃʊgə^rˈfriː] adj → sans sucre
sugar lump n → morceau m de sucre
sugar pea n → mange-tout m inv, pois m mange-tout
sugar refinery n → raffinerie f de sucre

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sugar

n

→ Zucker m

(inf: = term of affection) → (meine) Süße, (mein) Süßer, Schätzchen nt (all inf)

vt → zuckern, süßen; (fig) criticism etc → versüßen, mildern; to sugar the pill → die bittere Pille versüßen

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sugar in cpds → Zucker-;

sugar basin

n → Zuckerdose f

sugar beet

n → Zuckerrübe f

sugar bowl

n → Zuckerdose f

sugar candy

n → Kandis(zucker) m; (US: = sweet) → Bonbon nt or m

sugar cane

n → Zuckerrohr nt

sugar-coated

adj → mit Zucker überzogen

sugar-coating

n

(Cook) → Zuckerguss m

(fig) → Beschönigen nt, → Beschönigung f

sugar cube

n → Zuckerwürfel m

sugar daddy

n (inf) she’s looking for a sugar → sie sucht einen alten Knacker, der sie aushält (inf)

sugar diabetes

n → Zuckerkrankheit f, → Diabetes m (spec), → Zucker m (inf)

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sugar:

sugar-free

adj → ohne Zucker

sugar loaf

n → Zuckerhut m; Sugar Loaf Mountain → der Zuckerhut

sugar maple

n → Zuckerahorn m

sugarplum

n → Bonbon nt or m, → Süßigkeit f; sugar fairy → Zuckerfee f

sugar shaker

n → Zuckerstreuer m

sugar tongs

pl → Zuckerzange f

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sugar [ˈʃugəʳ]

1. n → zucchero

2. vt (tea) → zuccherare
to sugar the pill (fig) → indorare la pillola

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sugar [ˈʃugəʳ]

1. n → zucchero

2. vt (tea) → zuccherare
to sugar the pill (fig) → indorare la pillola

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sugar

n sugar [ˈʃugə]

the sweet substance that is obtained from sugar-cane, or from the juice of certain other plants, and used in cooking and for sweetening tea, coffee etc Do you take sugar in your coffee? suiker سُكَّر захар cukr sukker der Zucker ζάχαρη azúcar suhkur شكر sokeri sucre סוּכָּר चीनी, शक्कर, शकरा, शर्करा šećer, slador cukor gula sykur zucchero 砂糖 설탕 cukrus cukurs gula suiker sukker cukier açúcar zahăr сахар cukor sladkor šećer socker น้ำตาล şeker 糖 цукор شکر đường 糖

v

to sweeten, cover or sprinkle with sugar. versoet يُحَلِّي، يُغَطّي بالسُّكَّر подслаждам sladit søde; komme sukker på zuckern γλυκαίνω, ζαχαρώνω azucarar, endulzar suhkurdama شيرين كردن sokeroida sucrer לְסַכֵּר चीनी डालना, का कड़वापन कम कर देना šećeriti, sladiti megcukroz menggulai sykra zuccherare 甘くする 설탕을 넣다 pasaldinti, pabarstyti cukrumi saldināt; uzkaisīt cukuru memaniskan suikeren strø sukker på, sukre słodzić, posypywać cukrem adoçar a îndulci (cu zahăr) подслащивать; посыпать сахаром sladiť sladkati pošećeriti sockra ใส่น้ำตาล şeker koymak/katmak 加(撒)糖於... підсолоджувати; обцукровувати شکر سے میٹھا کرنا làm ngọt bằng đường 加（撒）糖于...

adj sugary

1 tasting of sugar, or containing a lot of sugar sugary foods. suikeragtig سُكَّري захарен cukrový, sladký sukkerholdig; sød süß ζαχαρένιος, γλυκερός azucarado suhkrune شيرين makea sucré מָתוֹק चीनी जैसा, मधुर šećeran, sladak cukros bergula sykraður dolce, zuccherino 砂糖のはいった 설탕의, 설탕으로 된 cukringas cukurots; salds bergula suikerig svært søt słodki, cukrowy açucarado zaha­rat приторный cukrový; sladký sladek šećerni sockrad, söt ซึ่งใส่น้ำตาล şekerli, tatlı 含糖的 солодкий, цукровий بہت زیادہ شکر ہونا có vị đường 含糖的

2 too sweet or sentimental a sugary story. sentimenteel عاطِفي сладникав přesládlý sødsuppe- zuckersüß γλυκερός (μτφ.), υπερβολικά συναισθηματικός meloso; sensiblero, sentimental läila عاطفي imelä à l'eau de rose מְתַקתַק मीठा, चिकना-चुपड़ा sladunjav mézesmázos manis væminn sdolcinato 甘ったるい 너무 단, 감상적인 saldus pārcukurots; saldens; salkans sentimental suikerzoet sukkersøt, søtladen cukierkowy açucarado siro­­pos слащавый sladký, sentimentálny osladen sladunjav sockersöt, sötsliskig ที่หวาน fazla nazik; duygusal 甜蜜的 нудно-солодкий; нудотний بہت زیادہ میٹھا mùi mẫn, ngọt ngào 甜蜜的

n sugariness

sentimenteel عاطِفِيَّه، سُكَّرِيَّه сладкост sladkost sødhed; sukkerholdighed die Zuckrigkeit γλυκιά γεύση/ γλυκερότητα carácter meloso/sensiblero/sentimental läilus شيريني imelyys goût (trop) sucré מְתִיקוּת slatkost, ljubaznost édes(kés)ség, cukortartalom kemanisan væmni dolcezza; sdolcinatezza 甘ったるさ 당질, 감미 saldumas saldums kemanisan suikerigheid søthet, sukkersøthet słodkość carácter açucurado gust (prea) dulce приторность; слащавость sladkosť sladkost sladunjavost sockerhalt, söthet, sötaktighet ความเหมือนน้ำตาล şekerlilik, tatlılık 甜蜜 цукристість; нудотність میٹھا پن sự ngọt, sự đường mật 甜蜜

n sugar-cane

a type of tall grass from whose juice sugar is obtained. suikerriet قَصَب السُّكَّر захарна тръстика cukrová třtina sukkerrør das Zuckerrohr ζαχαροκάλαμο caña de azúcar suhkruroog نيشكر sokeriruoko canne à sucre קְנֵה סוּכֱרָ ईख, ऊख, गन्ना šećerna trska cukornád tebu sykurreyr canna da zucchero 砂糖きび 사탕수수 cukranendrė cukurniedre tebu suikerriet sukkerrør trzcina cukrowa cana-de-açucar trestie de zahăr сахарный тростник cukrová trstina sladkorni trst šećerna trska sockerrör ต้นอ้อย şeker kamışı 甘蔗 цукрова тростина گنا cây mía 甘蔗

adj sugar-ˈcoated

covered with icing sugar-coated biscuits. versuiker مُلَبَّس بالسُّكَّر захаросан s cukrovou polevou glaseret verzuckert καλυμμένος με γλάσο ζαχαροπλαστικής glaseado, recubierto/bañado de azúcar glasuuriga kaetud پوشيده با آيسينگ sokeripäällysteinen enrobé de sucre מְצוּפֶּה סוּכָּר चीनी लगा, अकटु, भावुकतापूर्ण, शालीन obložen šećerom cukormázzal bevont berlapis gula sykurhúðaður (ricoperto di zucchero) 糖衣の 설탕을 입힌 apteptas glajumi glazēts; pārkaisīts ar cukuru bersalut gula met suiker bedekt med glasur, glasert polukrowany coberto de açucar acoperit cu zahăr обсахаренный s cukrovou polevou prevlečen s sladkorjem preliven šećerom överdragen med socker[], dragerad ที่เคลือบน้ำตาล şeker kaplı 糖衣的 покривати цукром شکر لپٹی ہوءی bọc đường 糖衣的

adj sugar-free

not containing sugar. suikervry خالٍ من السُّكَّر без захар bez cukru sukkerfri zuckerfrei χωρίς ζάχαρη sin azúcar suhkruvaba بدون قند sans sucre לְלא סוּכָּר शक्कर रहित bez šećera cukormentes bebas gula senza zucchero 무설탕의 be cukraus cukuru nesaturošs, bez cukura tidak mengandungi gula suikervrij sukkerfri не содержащий сахара bez cukru brez sladkorja bez šećera sockerfri ที่ปราศจากน้ำตาล şekersiz 無糖的 безцукровий بغیر شکر کے không đường 无糖的

sugar lump

a small cube of sugar used for sweetening tea etc. suikerklont قِطْعَة سُكَّر бучка захар kostka cukru sukkerknald das Zuckerstück κύβος ζάχαρης terrón de azúcar suhkrutükk حبه قند sokeripala morceau de sucre קוּבִּיוֹת סוּכָּר चीनी का ढेर लगाना kocka šećera kockacukor bungkalan gula sykurmoli zolletta di zucchero 角砂糖 각설탕 cukraus gabaliukas cukurgrauds; cukura gabals ketul gula suikerklontje sukkerbit kostka cukru cubo de açucar bucată de zahăr кусочек сахару kocka cukru kocka sladkorja kocka šećera sockerbit น้ำตาลก้อน kesme şeker 方糖 кубик рафінаду شکر کی ڈلی đường miếng 方块糖

sugar tongs

an instrument for lifting sugar lumps a pair of sugar tongs. suikertangetjie مِلْقَط السُّكَّر щипци за захарни бучк kleštičky na cukr sukkertang die Zuckerzange λαβίδα για κύβους ζάχαρης pinzas para el azúcar suhkrutangid قندگير sokeripihdit pince à sucre מְלקָחַיים לְסוּכָּר शक्कर पिण्ड kliješta za kocke šećera cukorfogó penjepit gula sykurtöng mollette/pinza per lo zucchero 角砂糖ばさみ 각설탕 집게 cukraus žnyplės cukura standziņas penyepit gula suikertangetje sukkertang szczypce do cukru pinça cleşte pentru apucat/luat zahărul щипцы для сахара klieštiky na cukor kleščice za sladkor sprava az podizanje kocki šećera sockertång คีมคีบน้ำตาลก้อน şeker maşası 方糖夾子 щипці для цукру شکر کے ڈلے کو اٹھانے کی چمٹی cái kẹp đường miếng 方糖夹子

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sugar → سكر cukr sukker Zucker ζάχαρη azúcar sokeri sucre šećer zucchero 砂糖 설탕 suiker sukker cukier açúcar сахар socker น้ำตาล şeker đường 糖