Webster's English Dictionary

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sugar

1. sug.ar \'shu.g-*r\ n [ME sucre, fr. MF, fr. ML zuccarum, fr. OIt 
   zucchero, fr. Ar]sukkar, fr. Per shakar, fr. Skt s'arkara-; akin to Skt 
   ssub-dot>arkara pebble 1a: a sweet crystallizable material that consists 
   wholly or essentially of  sucrose, is colorless or white when pure tending 
   to brown when less refined, is obtained commercially from sugarcane or 
   sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum, maples, and palms, and is 
   nutritionally important as a source of dietary carbohydrate and as a 
   sweetener and preservative of other foods 1b: any of various water-soluble 
   compounds that vary widely in sweetness an d comprise the oligosaccharides 
   including sucrose 2: a unit (as a spoonful, cube, or lump) of sugar {how 
   many ~sX in your tea} 3: a sugar bowl 
2. sugar \'shu.g-(*-)rin\ vb or sug.ar.ing 1: to make palatable or 
   attractive : SWEETEN  2: to sprinkle or mix with sugar  1: to form sugar  
   2: to become granular : GRANULATE