Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
Old Italian zuccherobor.
Old French çucrebor.
Middle English sugre
English sugar
Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.
The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.
Meanings
Minced oath of shit.
But they do not even hope for such a thing in '08, and fear far worse: Sister Suzanne Thibault, a lifelong Republican so mild she shouts, “Oh, sugar!” when annoyed, posits that if Hillary Clinton were nominated, “She'd get killed, literally assassinated. We have too many right-wing people out there who would do that." 2007, Melinda Henneberger, If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear:
“Oh, sugar.” His room was empty. 2012, Macy Beckett, Sultry with a Twist:
"Oh, sugar! I suppose that's so," reflected Tobias, filling his pipe. 1920, James A. Cooper, Tobias O' the Light: A Story of Cape Cod:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
Old Italian zuccherobor.
Old French çucrebor.
Middle English sugre
English sugar
Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.
The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.
Meanings
(uncountable) A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
To a pound of gooseberries take a pound and a half of double-refined sugar. Clarify the sugar with water, a pint to a pound of sugar, and when the syrup is cold, put the gooseberries single in your preserving pan, put the syrup to them, and set them on a gentle fire. 1792, Francis Collingwood, The universal cook: and city and country housekeeper:
There appears to be no prospect of success in attempting to combat the crisis by international arrangement, and any improvement in sugar prices can only be looked for from a diminution of the production, either as a consequence of deficient crops, or of a reduction in manufacture. 1895 April 1, “The Present Crisis”, in The Sugar Cane, volume 27, number 309, page 171:
Even in extreme cases such as chemical pollution in the Florida Everglades from heavily subsidized sugar farming, strong regulations are routinely blocked by industry. 2013, Robert Paarlberg, Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know?:
(countable) Any specific variety of sugar.
The experience of sugar planters in Louisiana this year in holding their sugars in warehouse for future sales at better prices has revealed again, as it has done heretofore, the fact that the presence of moisture in the sugars is inimical to their maintaining their standard of quality 1915 September 18, “Drying Sugars Essential to Their Preservation”, in The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, volume 55:
(countable) Any of various small, water-soluble carbohydrates such as are used by organisms for energy and various other purposes.
Generally speaking, plants have a much greater variety of sugars and linkages than animal tissues have. 1994, Peter J. Van Soest, Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant:
The major free sugars in plants are the monosaccharides, glucose and fructose (and the disaccharide sucros), together with traces of xylose, rhamnose and galactose. 1998, A.J. Harborne, Phytochemical Methods A Guide to Modern Techniques of Plant Analysis:
Although H. bertonii relies on scale insects to prepare its parasitism site on plants, it directly absorbs and utilizes plant sugars. 2007, Ajit Varma, Plant Surface Microbiology:
At the end of the second week there were less reducing sugars in the unpruned plants than in the previous week, but those in the pruned plants were the same. 1942, James E. Kraus, Effects of partial defoliation at transplanting time on subsequent:
(countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
Skim milk, two sugar. 1993, 1:13:03 from the start, in Groundhog Day, spoken by Phil (Bill Murray):
He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.
Then there are the coffees, one with two sweeteners and no milk, one with one sweetener and milk, one with three sugars and a dash of milk, one with one sugar and lots of milk and finally her Uncle Samad who says that anything is fine. 2016, Ameera Patel, Outside the Lines:
“A slice of lemon and two sugars, please.” “You needn't have said that. I know how you like your tea. I know how you like everything.” 1916, Cosmo Hamilton, “Miss Fanny Goes to Great Lengths”, in The World To-day: A Monthly Record of Human Progress, volume 30:
(countable, uncountable) A bowl or other container of sugar.
Pass the sugar, please
(countable) A term of endearment.
I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
Sugar, ah honey honey / You are my candy girl / And you've got me wanting you 1969, “Sugar, Sugar”, in Everything's Archie, performed by The Archies:
(slang, uncountable) Affection shown by kisses or kissing.
Gimme some sugar, baby. 1992, Army of Darkness, spoken by Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell):
(Southern, US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
There are depths and heights of beauty in him beyond tears - but there is no sugar, not even any honey. 1998, Lene Østermark-Johansen, Sweetness and Strength, →ISBN:
The crossdresser is showing the desire to be "sugar and spice" through feminine clothing and through the expression of feminine feelings. 1999, Peggy J. Rudd, My Husband Wears My Clothes, →ISBN:
I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.
Because of Patrick's mannerisms, the players teased him by referring to him as “Sweetness” or saying that he had “sugar” in his pants. 2008, Reuben A. Buford May, Living Through the Hoop, →ISBN:
(informal, uncountable) Diabetes.
The veterinarian said his real problem was that he had sugar, and not to concentrate on the problem with his eyes. 2003, Tom Lee, Above All We Ask Or Think, →ISBN, page 53:
Don't you love it when you start a new Disease - the pamphlets, the prescriptions, the attention? And the past turning ironic, cloudy, as if you'd added a chemical - my house painter saying he has sugar, reminding me of my mother demanding the sweet drool from every baby. 2004, Diane M. Parker, Ruth E. Mark, Reflections on a Life with Diabetes: A Memoir in Many Voices, →ISBN, page 57:
One respondent said that he had been told by his doctor that he had 'sugar' and diabetes, thus affirming for him the distinctiveness of the two illnesses. The distinction made sense to some of them as the relationship between diabetes and 'sugar' seemed to relate to their experiences of the West Indies, where 'sugar' was believed to be rare and diabetes common. 2002, Mrs Sheila Hillier, David Kelleher, Researching Cultural Differences in Health, →ISBN, page 94:
The memorable event was watching my father test urine, his or that of sundry other folks who had “sugar”, as diabetes was known in the rural hills of Jamaica where I grew up. 2012, Bert Fraser-Reid, From Sugar to Splenda, →ISBN:
The doctor told me I had sugar and would have to take pills. 2008, De'lois Washington McMillan, Suppose Jesus Had Thrown in the Towel and Given Up on Us, →ISBN:
(countable, dated, uncountable) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
Sugar of milk is now produced by partly chemical means from milk-whey, the product being about two and a half pounds per hundred pounds of whey. 1904, “Process of Making Milk Sugar”, in The American Sugar Industry and Beer Sugar Gazette, volume 6, page 392:
Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.
The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo hear anon. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is quyksilver; Saturnian leed; and Jubitur is tyn, and Venus coper, by my fathers kyn.’ […] Corresponding names were bestowed upon salts of these metals by the alchemists, and some of them have persisted down to the present day. Some examples are lunar caustic (silver nitrate); vitriol of Venus (copper sulphate); sugar of Saturn (lead acetate); and vitriol of Mars, or Martial vitriol (ferrous sulphate). 2013, John Read, From Alchemy to Chemistry:
Mons. Lemery is of Opinion that Sweetness proceeds from a close Mixture of an Acid with a Sulphur, or with an Oyl that temperates and corrects it; he supports his Conjecture by the instance of Sugar of Saturn, so called from its Sweetness, which is Lead, a Metal insipid in its self, but very Sulphureous, dissolved by an Acid. 1717, M. de Fontenelle, “Upon the Iron of Plants”, in The Lives of the French, Italian and German Philosophers:
The fluor acid, the acid of sugar, of phosphorus, and vitriol, separate magnelia from the acid of arsenic; but the acid of tartar, united with arsenicated magnesia, is generally found to compose a triple salt. 1788, Torbern Olof Bergman, “Of Magnesia”, in E. Cullen, transl., Physical and chemical essays, volume 1, translation of original in Swedish, page 448:
(countable, uncountable) Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
(US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
(US, dated, slang, uncountable) Money.
(countable, uncountable) Syntactic sugar.
However, this bookkeeping is much less local syntax and sugar. 2005, Bruce Ian Mills, Theoretical Introduction to Programming, page 180:
sat ᱪᱤᱱᱤ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pt doce (term of endearment) · id sakar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nb sukker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ar سُكَّر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sco succar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · he סוכר (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ga siúcra (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · he סֻכָּר (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · paw rakiícuʾ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bcl asukar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · es mishqui (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fr ma chérie (term of endearment) · alt шикир (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nn sukker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lmo zuccher (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pt açúcar (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · te శర్కర (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sgs sokros (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sv socker (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · ca sucre (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · txb śakkār (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pcd chuque (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ce шекар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · arz سكر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ps بوره (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · xdq чака́р (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ca sucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · el ζάχαρη (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kxd gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · la saccharum (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sd کنڊ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fi pusu (slang: a kiss) · smn sukkâr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nv áshįįh łikan (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · li sókker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tsg sukal (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · abs gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · co zuccheru (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fi sokeri (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ms sakar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mrw gola' (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · wuu 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ilo asukar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · swg Zuggå (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fa قند (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · nci Caxtīllān chiyancaca (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ari kaʾít (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ha sukari (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mk шеќерче (term of endearment) · ik avu (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mn чихэр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ist soûcaro (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mjg-mgr ber (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ta சர்க்கரை (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · vo betadajueg (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ajp سُكَّر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · to suka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ast zucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · my သကြား (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lkt čhaŋháŋpi (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ga siúcra (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · qu misk'i (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tpi suga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hy շաքար (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · asb cąšmúyabi (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nb sukker (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · cop ⲍⲁⲭⲣⲓ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sms säähhar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sms sukkâr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · de Zucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · te చక్కెర (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mga siúcra (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fi sokeri (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · khb ᦀᦾᧉ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sl sladkor (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · mi huka (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · gd leannan (term of endearment) · esu caarralaq (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sh шѐћер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · shn ႀၵျႃ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ro zahăr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · km ស្ករ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pi sakkharā (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ta சக்கரை (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ja 糖質 (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · khb ᦒᦱᧂᧉ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cy siwgr (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · myv сахор (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · iu ᓱᑲᒃ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · uk цу́кор (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nan-hbl 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi शर्करा (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rhg siní (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tk gant (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · min gulo (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · uz qand (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · chy vé'keemahpe (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gu ખાંડ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sl sladilo (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · dsb cukor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mnc ᡧᠠᡨᠠᠨ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kjh сахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mjk to (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tg шакар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bol sukur (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rsk цукер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tum shuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · twf kophàʼąsíne (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fa-ira شَکَر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ccp 𑄌𑄨𑄚𑄨 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rw isukari (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · id gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gd siùcar (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · vi chất đường (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · fr bisou (slang: a kiss) · be цу́кар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ko 당류 (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · as চুৰা (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pa ਸ਼ੱਕਰ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · he סוכר (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · an zucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kbd фошыгъу (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sc tzùcaru (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fr bizou (slang: a kiss) · kaa qant (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cmn 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ko 사탕 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · dng тон (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fr mon chéri (term of endearment) · fa-ira شَکَّر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pt açúcar (slang: effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality) · koi сакар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cjy 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · is sykur (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tn sukiri (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bg сладур (term of endearment) · hrx Zucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pt açúcar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · om shukkaaraa (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ca sucre (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · es azúcar (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · ro zaharuri (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · ln sukali (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mg siramamy (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tl asukal (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · wyi gaem-gaem (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi शर्कर (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · sva შაქარ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bug golla (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pga sukar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · yue 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ts chukela (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pap suku (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · stq Sukker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kg sukadi (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · acw سُكَّر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ru са́хар (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · rcf dosik (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ckb شهکر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fr sucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi शक्कर (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rgn ẓócar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mn сахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · te చీనీ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bua шэхэр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · haw kōpaʻa (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · vec sùcaro (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · es azúcar (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · ln sukáli (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mel gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fa شکر (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · ne सखर (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sh šèćer (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi खाँड (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · fa-ira شِکَر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · prs بورَه (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bla náápiniwan- (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · afb شكر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · evn хахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · te పంచదార (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · prs شَکَر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · br sukr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · krl zouheri (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fr mon chou (term of endearment) · vo jueg (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hsn 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fur zucar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ug شېكەر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cmn 糖類 /糖类 (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · el ζάχαρο (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · cs cukr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lv cukurs (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · mt zokkor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tab шекер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · zu ushukela (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi चीनी (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ti ሽኰር (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ja 糖 (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · aot chini (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ckb شهکر (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · gv shugyr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ms gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · su gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hak 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mr शर्करा (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · shn သၵျႃး (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lij sûccao (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ab ашьақар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · si ශර්කරා (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · na ituga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · so sonkor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rup zahari (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · jv gula (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · izh saahkara (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ltg bolūdeits (term of endearment) · izh kultoin (term of endearment) · tr şeker (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · lez шекер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lo ນ້ຳຕານ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · xmf შანქარი (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kk қант (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hu cukor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · iba gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sl cukrček (term of endearment) · vi chất đường (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · vi đường (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ny shuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gl azucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · es pluma (slang: effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality) · syc ܫܟܪ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fi sokeri (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · crh şeker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lad asúkuar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · co zuccaru (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mhr шикар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · dta sateng (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · da sukker (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · tk şeker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi मिसरी (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pnb شکر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · da skat (term of endearment) · kw sugra (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ltg cukrys (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · av чакар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · el σάκχαρο (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · ro glucide (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · grc σάκχαρ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kri shuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · vi đường (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · ty tihota (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fr bise (slang: a kiss) · hy շաքար (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · om sukkaara (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · it zucchero (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · es sacarosa (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mdf захар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cdo 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nb kjære (term of endearment) · bzj shuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nn sukker (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · sm suka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · te చెక్కర (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · til ch’ee-svn-tu (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mak golla (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · az qənd (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mfe disik (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tt шикәр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · el ζάχαρο (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · wa souke (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ur چِینی (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sw sukari (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · jv gula (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bg за́хар (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · hsb cokor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · af suiker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sah саахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gu સાકર (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rcf sik (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ja 糖類 (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · unm shukël (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tyv чигир (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · jv gula (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · mi huka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fro çucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · da sukker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ka შაქარი (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · chr ᎧᎵᏎᏥ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gml sucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pl kochanie (term of endearment) · kk шекер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · jv gendhis (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · cv сахӑр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · be цу́кар (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · tg қанд (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · izh sukuri (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · az şəkər (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kls šakhór (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pa ਮਿਸ਼ਰੀ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ro glucide (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · udm сахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mnw သဂြာ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · el σάκχαρο (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · krc шекер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pl cukier (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · kac jum dwi (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sv socker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ps شکره (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · it zucchero (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · dv ހަކުރު (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nrf chucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pl cukier (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · frm sucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sl sladkor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lv cukurs (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pl słonko (term of endearment) · sw sukari (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · et suhkur (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · evn сахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kmr şekir (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mn ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gag şeker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bua саахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · msk asokar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pl cukier (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · ur شَکَّر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · es cariño (term of endearment) · kgp asuka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · khw شوکھور (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cjs сакер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nds Sucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · eu azukre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · shn ၵိူဝ်ဝၢၼ် (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · et kullake (term of endearment) · sa शर्करा (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ru са́хар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cy siwgr (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rop shuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cr ᓲᑳᐤ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ady шэкэр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sco succar (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · mnp 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · orv сахаръ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ja 砂糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ml പഞ്ചസ്സാര (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hi शकर (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · sn shuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · st tswekere (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · an azúcar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · am ሱካር (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ur مِصْری (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bn শর্করা (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ky кант (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rm zutger (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fy sûker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · os сӕкӕр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · or ଚିନି (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · xal шикр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kac jum dui (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bal شکل (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · de Zucker (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · uk цу́кор (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · mk шеќер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lv cukurs (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · mhr сакыр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bo ཁར (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pa ਖੰਡ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · th น้ำตาล (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · alt чикир (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · as চেনি (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cad habeh'tsu wid'dish (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · lb Zocker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · scn zuccuru (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · am ስኳር (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nv áshįįh łikan (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · bal شکر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ltg cukrys (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · eu azukre (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · bo ཀར (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pt açúcar (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · tdd ᥐᥫᥝᥣᥢᥴ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · vo juegabetadajueg (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mr साखर (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kld dhuga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nv áshįįh łikan (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cy siwgr (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · fi kultaseni (term of endearment) · mww qab zib (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · mh jukwa (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · xh iswekile (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · uz shakar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sv socker (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · za dangz (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nds Zucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ga siúcra (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · rop juga (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · alt шекир (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · eo sukero (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ko 설탕 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ceb asukar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · dak chąhą́pi (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kn ಸಕ್ಕರೆ (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ml പഞ്ചസാര (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fj suka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tr şeker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bth guraa (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · jv gendhis (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pdt Zocka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ota شكر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sq sheqer (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gil tioka (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sk cukor (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ru са́хар (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · chn lesook (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · aqc чахар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sw sukari (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · hy շաքար (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ltg cukrys (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · gd siùcar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kok साक्कर (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gmh zucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nl suiker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bg за́хар (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · hoc cini (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · kum шекер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nb sukker (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · yuy shkir (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · jv gendhis (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · ckb شهکر (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · lt cukrus (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · bn চিনি (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nci chiyancaca (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ne चिनी (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · oc sucre (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · nds Ssucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · da sukker (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · io sukro (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · acm شكر (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gan 糖 (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · cs cukr (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · ky шекер (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · sce tan (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ca ploma (slang: effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality) · cho hʋpi champuli (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ht sik (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · si සීනි (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gd siùcar (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) · de Zucker (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) · ba шәкәр (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ady шъоущыгъу (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tli shóogaa (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · es azúcar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · tet masin-midar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · ia sucro (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · fo sukur (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · gsw Zucker (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · yi צוקער (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · esu saarralaq (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · he סֻכָּר (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink) · pms sùcher (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
Old Italian zuccherobor.
Old French çucrebor.
Middle English sugre
English sugar
Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.
The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.
Meanings
(transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
See, I've put sugar-plums on his coat for fancy buttons, sugared his shirt-frill, and put on a red almond to his hat-front. 1876, Emilie Foster, Teddy and His Friends:
Moreover, the residents recalled that the aristocrat's pet canary had become like a personal retainer, waking his master in the morning and sugaring his drink. 2002, Frank Tallis, Hidden Minds: A History of the Unconscious:
John heavily sugars his coffee.
"There spoke the real British scorn," she said, sugaring her tea, "the fine British contempt for every other nation." 1905, “The Duke of Castle Blanco”, in The Quiver, page 1007:
(transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
She shook her head sadly at him. "No, it won't do, Arthur. I'm not in a mood to be sugared." 1917, Mrs. Florence Guertin Tuttle, Give My Love to Maria:
But step by step, aided by Claude Morin's arguments, Lévesque had led the party through the process of sugaring what he saw as the pill of independence. 2001, Graham Fraser, René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in Power:
She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.
He also published the "Weekly Recorder," an indefinite title, which was his way of sugaring what soon became in the region where it was published, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, a very bitter pill. 1890, Anson De Puy Van Buren, Michigan in her pioneer politics:
(Canada, US, 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.
A long time ago my grandmother and I used to boil maple sap. When she sugared off, I stood there. 1994, “Sugaring Off”, in Nindinawemaagan Giwitaa'ayeyii, volume 6, page 55:
During the spring in Quebec and Ontario, maple syrup is harvested, or "sugared off," a process which is usually celebrated as a social event. 2004, Lois Sakany, Canada: A Primary Source Cultural Guide:
To sugar off, I prefer using a kettle that will hold about half a. barrel; and boil over a brisk, steady fire, till on dropping some of the syrup into cold water it will break like glass, then dip it into wooden trays to cool, and when it is grained stir it briskly. 1851, J. D. H., “On Making Maple Syrup”, in The Ohio Cultivator, volume 7, page 91:
To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
Sugaring attracts some species of moth that do not readily come to light. 2006, William J. Sutherland, Ecological Census Techniques: A Handbook:
The latter are best taken by "sugaring" — painting patches of mixed beer and sugar on a series of tree trunks, and making several rounds at twilight with a lantern and a cyanide bottle. 1921, Arthur Herbert Savory, Grain and Chaff from an English Manor:
Some entomologists assert that it is useless to sugar when ivy is in bloom. 1876, W. Sandison, “Note on sugaring”, in The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, volume 12, page 207:
(transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
You can sugar the syntax of constants thus: […] 2002, Jonathan Bromley, “Fixed point arithmetic”, in comp.arch.fpga (Usenet):
Sure, you could sugar the latter to look like the former (effectively implementing closures as objects), but it seems simpler to just allow the former. 2006, Neil Madden, “Re: Closures”, in comp.lang.tcl (Usenet):
(transitive) To compliment (a person).
To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice.
hy շաքարել (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · ru подсласти́ть (to make something seem less unpleasant) · pms sucré (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · gl azucrar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · pl osładzać (to make something seem less unpleasant) · ru поса́харить (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · sv sockra (to make something seem less unpleasant) · hu cukroz (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · acw حَلَّى (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · es endulzar (to make something seem less unpleasant) · ca ensucrar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · sl sladkati (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · cmn 加糖 (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · ru са́харить (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · fr sucrer (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · sl sladkati (to make something seem less unpleasant) · it zuccherare (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · tr şekerlemek (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · pl osłodzić (to make something seem less unpleasant) · fi sokeroida (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · sv sockra (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · de zuckern (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · de versüßen (to make something seem less unpleasant) · ro îndulci (to make something seem less unpleasant) · yly chuxee (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · cmn 加甜 (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · it zuccherare (to make something seem less unpleasant) · fa شیرین کردن (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · es azucarar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · pl posłodzić (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · pt açucarar (to make something seem less unpleasant) · da indsukre (to make something seem less unpleasant) · pt suavizar (to make something seem less unpleasant) · af suiker (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · pl słodzić (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · fi kaunistella (to make something seem less unpleasant) · pt açucarar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · es azucarar (to make something seem less unpleasant) · gl adozar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · da søde (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · fi pehmentää (to make something seem less unpleasant) · ro îndulci (to add sugar to, to sweeten) · eo sukeri (to add sugar to, to sweeten)