ENGLISH: sugar - CREOLE: sik



Overview of noun sugar



The noun sugar has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (41) sugar, refined sugar -- (a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative)

2. carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar -- (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)

3. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum -- (informal terms for money)



Overview of verb sugar



The verb sugar has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) sugar, saccharify -- (sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea")

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