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Moderatesugar
The correct spelling is sugar.
How to pronounce sugar
/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Sug-ar
The correct spelling is sugar. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. For example: "He usually has his coffee white with one sugar."
Usage Examples
“He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.”
“I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.”
“I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- 2.A specific variety of sugar.
- 3.Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
- 4.A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
- 5.A term of endearment.
verb
- 1.To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
- 2.To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
- 3.In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
- 4.To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
- 5.To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
interjection
- 1.Used in place of shit!
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