1. sugar - Noun
2. sugar - Verb
3. sugar - Interjection
4. Sugar - Proper noun
A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below.
By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off.
To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with.
To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.
Source: Webster's dictionarySyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon. Alan Perlis
You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation. Billie Holiday
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted. Og Mandino
If you can't give any sugar then speak sweetly. Hindi Proverb
Stolen sugar is the sweetest. Hindi Proverb
What good is giving sugar to the dead? Hindi Proverb