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sugared

verb

Meaning

  • To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

    "John heavily sugars his coffee."

  • To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

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

  • 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.

  • To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.

  • To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.

  • To compliment (a person).

Synonyms

sweeten,
sugar-coat,
sweeten

adjective

Meaning

  • Of food or drink, containing sugar.

    "Since starting my diet, I've stopped eating sugared breakfast cereals."