can·dy (k n d )n. pl. can·dies 1. A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts. 2. A piece of such a confection. v. can·died, can·dy·ing, can·dies v.tr. 1. To reduce to sugar crystals. 2. To cook, preserve, saturate, or coat with sugar or syrup. 3. To make pleasant or agreeable; sweeten. v.intr. 1. To become crystallized into sugar. 2. To become coated with sugar or syrup. [Middle English candi, crystallized cane sugar, short for sugre-candi, translation of Old French sucre candi and Old Italian zucchero candi, both from Arabic sukkar qand  y : sukkar, sugar + qandy, candied (from qand, cane sugar, probably from Dravidian ka  u, lump).] |
candy [ˈkændɪ]
n pl -dies
1. Chiefly US and Canadian confectionery in general; sweets, chocolate, etc.
2. a person or thing that is regarded as being attractive but superficial arm candy
like taking candy from a baby Informal very easy to accomplish
vb -dies, -dying, -died
1. (Cookery) to cause (sugar, etc.) to become crystalline, esp by boiling or (of sugar) to become crystalline through boiling
2. (Cookery) to preserve (fruit peel, ginger, etc.) by boiling in sugar
3. (Cookery) to cover with any crystalline substance, such as ice or sugar
[from Old French sucre candi candied sugar, from Arabic qandi candied, from qand cane sugar, of Dravidian origin]
Candy to form into congelations—Johnson, 1755; to be in a congealed state.
Example: candied with ice—Shakespeare.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  candy - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nutsconfection, sweet - a food rich in sugar candy bar - a candy shaped as a bar carob bar - a bar of candy made with carob powder hard candy - candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy" brandyball - a British candy flavored with brandy patty - round flat candy bonbon - a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate butterscotch - a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar candy cane - a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes) candy corn - a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn caramel - firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar - a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature dragee - sugar-coated nut or fruit piece dragee - silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes fondant - candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste fudge - soft creamy candy gumdrop - a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals honey crisp - a crisp candy made with honey mint candy, mint - a candy that is flavored with a mint oil horehound - a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant jelly bean, jelly egg - sugar-glazed jellied candy candy kiss, kiss - any of several bite-sized candies Life Saver - a candy shaped like a small lifesaver lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy marshmallow - spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar nougat - nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste nougat bar - a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate nut bar - paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars peanut bar - bar of peanuts in taffy popcorn ball - popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls praline - cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans rock candy - sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string rock candy, rock - hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) sugar candy - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens sugarplum - any of various small sugary candies taffy - chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy chocolate truffle, truffle - creamy chocolate candy Turkish Delight - a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water Easter egg - an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter |
| Verb | 1. | candy - coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze |
Translations
candy [ˈkændɪ]
A. N
B. VT [+ fruit] → escarchar
C. CPD candy bar N (US) → barrita f de caramelo; (chocolate) → chocolatina f
candy store N (US) → confitería f, bombonería f
like a kid in a candy store (esp US) → como el rey/la reina del mambo, como si fuera el amo/ama del mundo
candy store N (US) → confitería f, bombonería f
like a kid in a candy store (esp US) → como el rey/la reina del mambo, como si fuera el amo/ama del mundo
candy
candy:
n (US: = sweet) → Bonbon m or nt; (= sweets) → Süßigkeiten pl, → Bonbons pl; (= bar of chocolate) (→ Tafel f) → Schokolade f; (= individual chocolate) → Praline f; it’s like taking candy from a baby → das ist kinderleicht
vt sugar → kristallisieren lassen; fruit etc → kandieren
candy:
candy apple
n (US) → kandierter Apfel
candy-ass
candy bar
n (US) → Schokoladenriegel m, → Schokoriegel m
candyfloss
n (Brit) → Zuckerwatte f
candy store
n (US) → Süßwarenhandlung f, → Bonbonladen m (inf)
n candy [ˈkӕndi]
1 sugar formed into a solid mass by boiling. kandy حَلْوى السُّكَّر نَبات кристализирана захар kandovaný cukr bolsje der Kandiszucker καραμέλα caramelo, golosina, dulce kristalliseerunud suhkur قند kandisokeri sucre candi מַמתָק चीनी की बनी मिठाई kandis-šećer jegeccukor gula-gula brjóstsykur zucchero candito 氷砂糖 사탕과자 lydytas cukrus, glajus karamele manisan kandij kandis, sukkertøy lukier rebuçado zahăr candel леденец kandizovaný cukor kandiran sladkor bombona kandisocker ลูกอม şeker, şekerleme 糖塊 льодяник چینی کی بنی ہوئی گولی đường phèn 冰糖
2 (American) a sweet or sweets; (a piece of) confectionery That child eats too much candy; Have a candy! lekker حُلْوَيات бонбон bonbon, karamela, cukroví slik die Süßigkeiten (pl.) ζαχαρωτό dulce, bombón kompvek, maiustus(ed) آبنبات makeinen bonbon(s) מַמתָקִים मिठाई bombon cukorka, édesség permen sælgæti caramella キャンディー 캔디 saldainis, saldainiai saldumi; konfektes gula-gula snoepgoed, snoepje sukkertøy; godter(i) cukierek, cukierki rebuçado dulciuri конфета; сласти bonbón, cukrík bonbon slatkiš sötsak[], godis, karamell[] ขนมหวาน şeker, akide şekeri 糖果 цукерка گولی ، ٹافی kẹo 糖果
adj candied
covered with sugar candied fruits. versuiker مقنّد، مُغَطّى بالسُّكَّر захаосан obalený v cukru; kandovaný kandiserede kandiert ζαχαρωμένος confitado, escarchado suhkurdatud شکری sokeroitu confit מְסוּכָּר चीनी से लिपटे फल वगैरा kandiran cukrozott bersalut gula sykraður, sykurhúðaður candito 砂糖づけの 사탕 발림 cukruotas cukurots bergula geconfijt kandisert; brunet med sukker kandyzowany cristalizado glasat засахаренный kandizovaný kandiran kandiran kanderad ที่เคลือบด้วยน้ำตาล şekerli, şekerlenmiş 糖漬的 зацукрований چینی سے ڈھکی ہوئی tẩm ướp đường 糖渍的
candy floss
flavoured sugar spun into a fluffy ball on the end of a stick. spookasem حَلْوى غَزْل البَنات، شَعْر البنات захарен памук cukrová vata sukkervat; candyfloss die Zuckerwatte μαλλί της γριάς algodón de azúcar suhkruvatt پشمک hattara barbe à papa “שָׂערוֹת סַבתָא” एक प्रकार की हवा मिठाई šećerna vata vattacukor harum-manis sykurflos zucchero filato 綿菓子 솜사탕 cukraus vata cukura vate gula-gula kapas gesponnen suiker sukkerspinn wata cukrowa algodão doce vată de zahăr сахарная вата cukrová vata sladkorna pena lizalica spunnet socker, sockervadd ขนมสายไหม keten helva 棉花糖 цукрова вата چینی کے ریشوں کی مٹھائی kẹo bông 棉花糖
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