Sugar - Definition

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]