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.

verb

1. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

   “John heavily sugars his coffee.”

2. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

   “She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.”

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.

Synonyms: sweeten, sugar-coat, sweeten

interjection

1. Used in place of shit!

   “Oh, sugar!”