| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| sugar |
| 1. n. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. |
| 2. n. A specific variety of sugar. |
| 3. n. (chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy. |
| 4. n. A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink. |
| He usually has his coffee white with one sugar. |
| 5. n. A term of endearment. |
| I'll be with you in a moment, sugar. |
| 6. n. (slang) A kiss. |
| 7. n. (chiefly southern US, slang) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality. |
| I think John has a little bit of sugar in him. |
| 8. n. (informal) Diabetes. |
| 9. n. (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry. |
| Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste. |
| 10. n. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. |
| 11. n. (US, slang) heroin Heroin. |
| 12. v. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar. |
| John heavily sugars his coffee. |
| 13. v. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so. |
| She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words. |
| 14. v. (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 prepositi |
| 15. v. (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moth, moths. |
| 16. v. (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar. |
| 17. interj. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit! |
| Oh, sugar! |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| socker |
| 1. n-n. sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals |
| 2. n-n. (carbohydrate) sugar; any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy. |
