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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  SUGAR
       
          A simple lazy functional language designed at Westfield
          College, University of London, UK and used in Principles of
          Functional Programming, Hugh Glaser et al, P-H 1984.
       
          (1994-12-01)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.
     az['u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a]
     sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. Saccharine, Sucrose.]
     1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,
        of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by
        crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as
        the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It
        is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food
        and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the
        Note below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as
           the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the
           raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it
           includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the
           glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,
           dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true
           sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.
           See Carbohydrate. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are
           ketone alcohols of the formula C6H12O6, and they turn
           the plane of polarization to the right or the left.
           They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by
           the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are
           themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and
           carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet
           produced artificially belongs to this class. The
           sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose
           anhydrides of the formula C12H22O11. They are usually
           not fermentable as such (cf. Sucrose), and they act
           on polarized light.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or
        appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous
        white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render
        acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Acorn sugar. See Quercite.
  
     Cane sugar, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an
        isomeric sugar. See Sucrose.
  
     Diabetes sugar, or Diabetic sugar (Med. Chem.), a variety
        of sugar (grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine
        in diabetes mellitus; -- the presence of such a sugar in
        the urine is used to diagnose the illness.
  
     Fruit sugar. See under Fruit, and Fructose.
  
     Grape sugar, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose
        or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe
        grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See
        Dextrose, and Glucose.
  
     Invert sugar. See under Invert.
  
     Malt sugar, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found
        in malt. See Maltose.
  
     Manna sugar, a substance found in manna, resembling, but
        distinct from, the sugars. See Mannite.
  
     Milk sugar, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh
        milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See Lactose.
  
     Muscle sugar, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric
        with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found
        in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called
        also heart sugar. See Inosite.
  
     Pine sugar. See Pinite.
  
     Starch sugar (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by
        the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,
        potatoes, etc.; -- called also potato sugar, corn
        sugar, and, inaccurately, invert sugar. See Dextrose,
        and Glucose.
  
     Sugar barek, one who refines sugar.
  
     Sugar+beet+(Bot.),+a+variety+of+beet+({Beta+vulgaris" rel="nofollow">Sugar beet (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris) with
        very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,
        for the sugar obtained from them.
  
     Sugar berry (Bot.), the hackberry.
  
     Sugar bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
        South American singing birds of the genera C[oe]reba,
        Dacnis, and allied genera belonging to the family
        C[oe]rebid[ae]. They are allied to the honey eaters.
  
     Sugar bush. See Sugar orchard.
  
     Sugar camp, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple
        sugar is made.
  
     Sugar candian, sugar candy. [Obs.]
  
     Sugar candy, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;
        candy made from sugar.
  
     Sugar cane (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum
        officinarium), with thick short-jointed stems. It has
        been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.
        
  
     Sugar loaf.
        (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form
            of a truncated cone.
        (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar
                  loaf?                             --J. Webster.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Sugar+maple+(Bot.),+the+rock+maple+({Acer+saccharinum" rel="nofollow">Sugar maple (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum).
        See Maple.
  
     Sugar mill, a machine for pressing out the juice of the
        sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,
        between which the cane is passed.
  
     Sugar mite. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari), often found in
            great numbers in unrefined sugar.
        (b) The lepisma.
  
     Sugar of lead. See Sugar, 2, above.
  
     Sugar of milk. See under Milk.
  
     Sugar orchard, a collection of maple trees selected and
        preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --
        called also, sometimes, sugar bush. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
     Sugar pine (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus
        Lambertiana) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft
        and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the
        stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a
        substitute for sugar.
  
     Sugar squirrel (Zo["o]l.), an Australian flying phalanger
        ({Belideus sciureus), having a long bushy tail and a
        large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See
        Illust. under Phlanger.
  
     Sugar tongs, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for
        taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.
  
     Sugar tree. (Bot.) See Sugar maple, above.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sugar \Sug"ar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sugared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sugaring.]
     1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to
        mix sugar with. ``When I sugar my liquor.'' --G. Eliot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to
        compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With devotion's visage
              And pious action we do sugar o'er
              The devil himself.                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sugar \Sug"ar\, v. i.
     In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling
     down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to
     approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the
     preposition off. [Local, U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.
     az['u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a]
     sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. Saccharine, Sucrose.]
     1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,
        of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by
        crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as
        the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It
        is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food
        and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the
        Note below.
  
     Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as
           the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the
           raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it
           includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the
           glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,
           dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true
           sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.
           See Carbohydrate. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are
           ketone alcohols of the formula C6H12O6, and they turn
           the plane of polarization to the right or the left.
           They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by
           the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are
           themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and
           carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet
           produced artificially belongs to this class. The
           sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose
           anhydrides of the formula C12H22O11. They are usually
           not fermentable as such (cf. Sucrose), and they act
           on polarized light.
  
     2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or
        appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous
        white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
  
     3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render
        acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
        [Colloq.]
  
     Acorn sugar. See Quercite.
  
     Cane sugar, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an
        isomeric sugar. See Sucrose.
  
     Diabetes, or Diabetic, sugar (Med. Chem.), a variety of
        sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the
        urine in diabetes mellitus.
  
     Fruit sugar. See under Fruit, and Fructose.
  
     Grape sugar, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose
        or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe
        grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See
        Dextrose, and Glucose.
  
     Invert sugar. See under Invert.
  
     Malt sugar, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found
        in malt. See Maltose.
  
     Manna sugar, a substance found in manna, resembling, but
        distinct from, the sugars. See Mannite.
  
     Milk sugar, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh
        milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See Lactose.
  
     Muscle sugar, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric
        with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found
        in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called
        also heart sugar. See Inosite.
  
     Pine sugar. See Pinite.
  
     Starch sugar (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by
        the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,
        potatoes, etc.; -- called also potato sugar, corn
        sugar, and, inaccurately, invert sugar. See Dextrose,
        and Glucose.
  
     Sugar barek, one who refines sugar.
  
     Sugar+beet+(Bot.),+a+variety+of+beet+({Beta+vulgaris" rel="nofollow">Sugar beet (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris) with
        very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,
        for the sugar obtained from them.
  
     Sugar berry (Bot.), the hackberry.
  
     Sugar bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
        South American singing birds of the genera C[oe]reba,
        Dacnis, and allied genera belonging to the family
        C[oe]rebid[ae]. They are allied to the honey eaters.
  
     Sugar bush. See Sugar orchard.
  
     Sugar camp, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple
        sugar is made.
  
     Sugar candian, sugar candy. [Obs.]
  
     Sugar candy, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;
        candy made from sugar.
  
     Sugar cane (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum
        officinarium), with thick short-jointed stems. It has
        been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.
        
  
     Sugar loaf.
        (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form
            of a truncated cone.
        (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.
  
                  Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar
                  loaf?                             --J. Webster.
  
     Sugar+maple+(Bot.),+the+rock+maple+({Acer+saccharinum" rel="nofollow">Sugar maple (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum).
        See Maple.
  
     Sugar mill, a machine for pressing out the juice of the
        sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,
        between which the cane is passed.
  
     Sugar mite. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari), often found in
            great numbers in unrefined sugar.
        (b) The lepisma.
  
     Sugar of lead. See Sugar, 2, above.
  
     Sugar of milk. See under Milk.
  
     Sugar orchard, a collection of maple trees selected and
        preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --
        called also, sometimes, sugar bush. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
     Sugar pine (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus
        Lambertiana) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft
        and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the
        stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a
        substitute for sugar.
  
     Sugar squirrel (Zo["o]l.), an Australian flying phalanger
        ({Belideus sciureus), having a long bushy tail and a
        large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See
        Illust. under Phlanger.
  
     Sugar tongs, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for
        taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.
  
     Sugar tree. (Bot.) See Sugar maple, above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sugar \Sug"ar\, v. i.
     In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling
     down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to
     approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the
     preposition off. [Local, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sugar \Sug"ar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sugared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sugaring.]
     1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to
        mix sugar with. ``When I sugar my liquor.'' --G. Eliot.
  
     2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to
        compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.
  
              With devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar
              o'er The devil himself.               --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]
       v : sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" [syn: saccharify]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     Βασκικά n.
     φλόγα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     Galician vb.
     to suck
     Ido vb.
     (lb io transitive) to suck (gloss: candy, etc., something from
  something)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la sūgō  1 s futr pasv indc)
     Romanian a.
     suckling
     Romanian n.
     1 unweaned baby, newborn
     2 suckling, young mammal that hasn't weaned yet

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Sugar
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     interj.
     (lb en minced oath) Used in place of '''shit'''!
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained
  from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
     2 (lb en countable) A specific variety of sugar.
     3 (lb en countable chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that
  are used by organisms to store energy.
     4 (lb en countable) A small serving of this substance (typically
  about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
     5 (lb en countable) (non-gloss definition: A term of endearment.)
     6 (lb en uncountable slang) affection shown by kiss or kissing.
     7 (lb en chiefly southern US slang uncountable) effeminacy in a male,
  often implying homosexuality.
     8 (lb en uncountable informal) diabetes.
     9 (lb en dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance,
  especially in chemistry.
     10 compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable
  something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
     11 (lb en US slang uncountable) heroin.
     12 (lb en US slang uncountable dated) money. <!--in e.g. Inner
  Sanctum radio episode "Death on the Highway"-->
     13 (lb en programming) (1: syntactic sugar).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
     3 (lb en US Canada regional) 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 (lb en entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to
  catch moths.
     5 (lb en programming transitive) To rewrite (source code) using
  syntactic sugar.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Sugar
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     Galician vb.
     to suck
     interj.
     (lb en minced oath) Used in place of '''shit'''!
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained
  from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
     2 (lb en countable) A specific variety of sugar.
     3 (lb en countable chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that
  are used by organisms to store energy.
     4 (lb en countable) A small serving of this substance (typically
  about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
     5 (lb en countable) (non-gloss definition: A term of endearment.)
     6 (lb en uncountable slang) affection shown by kiss or kissing.
     7 (lb en chiefly southern US slang uncountable) effeminacy in a male,
  often implying homosexuality.
     8 (lb en uncountable informal) diabetes.
     9 (lb en dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance,
  especially in chemistry.
     10 compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable
  something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
     11 (lb en US slang uncountable) heroin.
     12 (lb en US slang uncountable dated) money. <!--in e.g. Inner
  Sanctum radio episode "Death on the Highway"-->
     13 (lb en programming) (1: syntactic sugar).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
     3 (lb en US Canada regional) 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 (lb en entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to
  catch moths.
     5 (lb en programming transitive) To rewrite (source code) using
  syntactic sugar.
     Portuguese vb.
     to suck
     Venetian vb.
     (lb vec transitive) to wipe, dry

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Sugar
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     Galician vb.
     to suck
     interj.
     (lb en minced oath) Used in place of '''shit'''!
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained
  from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
     2 (lb en countable) A specific variety of sugar.
     3 (lb en countable chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that
  are used by organisms to store energy.
     4 (lb en countable) A small serving of this substance (typically
  about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
     5 (lb en countable) (non-gloss definition: A term of endearment.)
     6 (lb en uncountable slang) affection shown by kiss or kissing.
     7 (lb en chiefly southern US slang uncountable) effeminacy in a male,
  often implying homosexuality.
     8 (lb en uncountable informal) diabetes.
     9 (lb en dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance,
  especially in chemistry.
     10 compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable
  something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
     11 (lb en US slang uncountable) heroin.
     12 (lb en US slang uncountable dated) money. <!--in e.g. Inner
  Sanctum radio episode "Death on the Highway"-->
     13 (lb en programming) (1: syntactic sugar).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
     3 (lb en US Canada regional) 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 (lb en entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to
  catch moths.
     5 (lb en programming transitive) To rewrite (source code) using
  syntactic sugar.
     Portuguese vb.
     to suck

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Sugar
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     Ido vb.
     imeä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sugar
     Spanska n.
     (tagg språk=es slang) sugardaddy

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  sugar /ʃˈʊɡə/
  suiker

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Sugar /ʃˈʊɡə/
  السكّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sugar //ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)// //ˈʃʊɡɚ// 
  1. за́хар, захар 2.
  generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc
   3.
  sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink
  2. сладур
  term of endearment