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Meaning of sugar

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sugar
      n 1: a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and
           preservative [syn: {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 [syn: {carbohydrate}, {saccharide}, {sugar}]
      3: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {cabbage},
         {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce},
         {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch},
         {shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {wampum}]
      v 1: sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" [syn: {sugar},
           {saccharify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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