1. syrup - Noun
2. syrup - Adjective
3. syrup - Verb
A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
Alt. of Syrupy
Source: Webster's dictionaryMinerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! What feminism does not need, it seems to me, is an endless recycling of Doris Day Fifties clichés about noble womanhood. Camille Paglia
I always have a good quality extra virgin olive oil. A cheap quality oil will end up cheapening your dishes. And I love sweetening my dishes with maple syrup. It has a bit of a bitter kick at the end that works wonderfully in savory dishes. Nadia Giosia
I'm not from a maple producing area and so my maple syrup credentials are very much of the eating side. Nancy Greene
If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.' Nancy Greene
but it's not safe and I can feel him slipping away, so I just get out one more sentence. "Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back but I don't catch it. Suzanne Collins
More flies are caught with a spoonful of syrup than with a barrel full of vinegar. Dutch Proverb