to sugar
- verb
- /ˈʃʊɡər/
- To make the cake more delicious, she chose to sugar the batter generously.
- sugar-coat
Examples
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For her lemonade, she loves to sugar it just right to balance the tartness.
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I think I should probably add some more sugar to this because I'm not sure.
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And can I add some sugar into my apple mixture?
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Turning the page, O'Fee sugars his coffee.
Fiction book (1995) -
Afterwards, she asked if I wanted powdered or granulated sugar; they also sugar the donuts to order.
Blog text (15) -
He decided to sugar his tea for a sweeter taste.
Synonyms
Make food taste sweeter by adding sugar or make an offer more attractive
To make something taste sweeter
To make food or drink taste sweeter
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- NSFW
An older rich man who gives money and gifts to a younger person for romantic or sexual attention
- US
A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar
- US
A North American tree with hard wood and a sweet liquid used to make syrup and sugar
- Specialized
A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose
- Specialized
You heat sugar until it melts and turns brown to add color and sweet taste
- Archaic
A large hard block of sugar often shaped like a cone that people break into pieces at home
- Specialized
A sweet syrup made by breaking down table sugar into two simple sugars found in honey and fruits
- Australian
A sweet tropical fruit with thick bumpy skin and soft white flesh around black seeds
- Offensive
A person who uses money or gifts to control and profit from people they date
- Philippine
A large tropical palm tree whose sweet sap makes sugar and wine and whose trunk gives sago
- Specialized
A sweetener made from wood or straw often used instead of sugar by people with diabetes
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Sugar as a verb comes directly from the noun sugar and means to add the sweet crystals to food or drink, much like we say 'salt' to add salt. So to sugar something is simply to make it 'sweet' by putting sugar on or in it.