sug·ar /ˈʃʊgər/
1. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
synset: sugar, refined_sugar
2. an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
synset: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
synset: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
1. sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea"
synset: sugar, saccharify
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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