SUGAR

Meaning of SUGAR in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content

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Red meat tends to have a high fat content.

a salad/sugar/fruit bowl (= for serving salad etc )

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There are some apples in the fruit bowl if you want one.

barley sugar

brown sugar

caster sugar

castor sugar

confectioner's sugar

demerara sugar

icing sugar

oil/petroleum/sugar refinery

powdered sugar

refined sugar/oil/petroleum

rice/sugar etc imports

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There is pressure on the country to reduce its rice imports.

sugar beet

sugar cube

sugar daddy

sugar lump

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

added

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Manufacturers are reducing or removing sugars from baby foods, so go for those with no added sugar.

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Carnation Milk contains no added sugar or preservatives, just concentrated fresh milk.

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Fruit juices contain natural sugars anyway, so added sugar may only have the effect of making your child expect oversweet drinks.

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These are made with concentrated fruit juices, and contain added vitamin C, with no added sugar .

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Some manufacturers are now producing juices with no artificial preservatives or added sugar - delicious and lower in calories too.

brown

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Meanwhile place apples, water, peel and soft brown sugar and cinnamon in a pan and simmer until tender.

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Combine cup brown sugar , pecans and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over batter.

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The brown sugar , incidentally, gives rhubarb a specially rich flavour and colour.

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Add the soy sauce, brown sugar and vinegar, and process again.

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Cream well the brown sugar , shortening and egg.

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Try making it with half white and half brown sugar .

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Combine the egg whites and brown sugar and beat until soft peaks form. 6.

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It was printed on a raisin package about 1954 and contained brown sugar and orange juice.

granulated

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It can be used just like granulated sugar , spoon for spoon, in drinks, desserts, cereals and some recipes.

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Gradually beat in granulated sugar until well combined.

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Add approximately half a teaspoon of white granulated sugar to each bottle before capping it.

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Beat eggs and granulated sugar well and add vanilla and citron.

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Combine granulated sugar , cinnamon and nutmeg in small bowl.

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Melt the granulated sugar with the almonds in a saucepan.

raw

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It is much simpler and neater-though not necessarily cheaper-simply to start with raw sugar .

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Baldwin Inc. last month fired 200 workers at its Crockett, California, refinery, citing high raw cane sugar prices.

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The sugar program provides loans to growers of 18 cents per pound for raw cane sugar production and limits foreign imports.

refined

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Animal fats and refined sugar contribute to a weight problem and can be a factor in heart and arterial disease.

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As for refined sugar - cut it out, as much as you can.

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Excessive quantities of dairy products, refined sugars and raw foods would be best avoided, with the emphasis on excessive.

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Read the labels on the foods you buy and you will be surprised at the number of hidden sources of refined sugar .

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A diet too high in refined sugar and fat will predispose to either obesity or shortage of nutrients, including minerals.

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The thing to avoid or at least cut down on is refined sugar and the products that contain it.

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Even when refined sugar is combined with refined flour to make cakes or desserts, the chewing required tends to be minimal.

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Cut down on refined white sugar , and white flour, and eat more wholemeal, granary and brown products.

white

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Refined white sugar is also entirely lacking in nutrients and adds nothing to our diet. 6.

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Decorate with white icing sugar for the base.

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Cut down on refined white sugar , and white flour, and eat more wholemeal, granary and brown products.

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Add approximately half a teaspoon of white granulated sugar to each bottle before capping it.

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Made from a mixture of egg white and icing sugar , it involves vigorous beating to incorporate as much air as possible.

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Use white sugar paste icing trimmings to cover the roof.

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You will also need a kilo bag of white sugar .

■ NOUN

barley

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Dad got me to read aloud to him and then offered me a barley sugar .

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He smelt of outdoors and of secret barley sugar .

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The assistants know what they are doing, and never try to sell you barley sugar on the way out.

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The castle looks as if it is twirled out of barley sugar .

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A fine oak staircase with barley sugar bannisters leads out of the stone flagged hall and the south-east facing sitting-room is panelled.

beet

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Cereals and sugar beet , on the other hand, ripen well in such conditions.

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A lot of sugar beet , I think.

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The authors seemed puzzled that so few Sioux were interested in raising sugar beets or working in a house-trailer factory.

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It had been delivering sugar beet to Erfurt and was heading back to the farm.

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Crawley will compare the ecology of engineered and conventional varieties of three crops: potatoes, oilseed rape and sugar beet .

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The brightest areas are those of intensive cultivation, and intermediate shades represent grassland and sugar beet .

blood

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In consequence, the level of the Party's blood sugar was low; their expectations none too high.

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People with Type 1 diabetes must closely monitor their blood sugar and take daily insulin injections.

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When you eat a big load of sugar , your blood sugar levels rise.

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Insulin in the bloodstream reduces the quantity of blood sugar .

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You use insulin to store the excess sugar away until your blood sugar levels drop.

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Jonathan had been taken to hospital and his blood sugar level had been found to be abnormally low.

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My blood pressure is normal, and so are my blood sugars .

bowl

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After that he still chased me, firing away with wellington boots, sugar bowls and other unlikely weapons.

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Lois stared down at the coffee table, which already had a creamer and sugar bowl and napkins set out.

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On a tray, set out a matching teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl .

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It has eight plates, eight cups and saucers, a coffee pot, a creamer and a sugar bowl .

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She had bought a sugar bowl .

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Cup, saucer and sugar bowl , from the Dorset Fruit collection by Poole Pottery.

cane

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Alcohol can be produced from plants such as sugar cane and cassava by fermentation and distillation.

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In the 1920s, they were leaders in a series of bloody strikes that crippled Hawaiian sugar cane growers.

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Finally a juicy ripe pineapple is sliced, and six fresh sticks of sugar cane arrive.

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The toll mounted Friday when three Christians were found slain in sugar cane fields in the nearby village of El Zuheir.

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Behind the mangroves lay low scrub, lagoons, and then narrow flats planted with sugar cane .

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Order the beef teriyaki skewers or lobster chao on sugar cane sticks.

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The main cash crops were coffee, sugar cane and cotton, with cassava the domestic staple.

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And growers just want water for their sugar cane fields.

caster

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Melt butter in a pan, add caster sugar and dark brown sugar, mix and allow to cool.

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Beat the Ricotta and Mascarpone together until soft, add the caster sugar and beat until fluffy. 3.

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Mix together the lemon juice and freshly squeezed orange juice, then stir in the caster sugar .

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Add the caster sugar , if using, and sufficient water to cover, then poach until tender but not too soft.

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While the swiss roll is cooking, dust a large sheet of greaseproof paper with plenty of caster sugar .

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Pour fresh cream over the cheese, covering it completely; serve caster sugar separately.

content

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Reducing sugar content below 0.25%. 7.

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They changed the way they cooked agave to alter the sugar content .

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Where there is more rain and cloud the beet grows larger but it has less sugar content .

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Certain types of liquids, especially those with a high sugar content , cause bottle tops to stick.

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They can also be classified according to their sugar content , ie dry, medium or sweet.

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The extent of nectar production is apparently associated with pollinator size and there is variation in its sugar content and dilution.

cube

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And then again, but this time on a coffee spoon, with the other half of the sugar cube .

cup

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Boil it with 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar until transparent.

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Add 1 cup sugar for every pound of fruit, and stir gently.

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Add 4 cups water and 1 cup sugar and heat to a boil.

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Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cup sugar and the poppy seeds in a large bowl.

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Beat together cream cheese, 1 / 3 cup sugar , 1 egg, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon until blended.

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If additional sweetness is desired, substitute a syrup made from 3 cups sugar and 1 quart water for the liquid.

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Gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar , beating at high speed until lightened in color and texture, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Topping 1 / 3 to cup sugar teaspoon cinnamon 1 cups coconut flakes Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over cake batter.

daddy

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The point is that Sun's kind of sugar daddy is neither uncommon, illegal or even fattening.

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A bill comes in and along comes sugar daddy with a loan, you can t resist it.

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She always had a sugar daddy .

grower

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However, Terrell of the sugar growers said their PACs gave only half as much as the users' PACs last year.

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Various exemptions and exclusions subsidize sugar growers or bee keepers.

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In fact, corn farmers probably have as big a stake in sugar quotas as do sugar growers !

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Nineteen PACs run by cane and beet sugar growers gave $ 846, 823.

icing

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On a surface lightly coated with icing sugar , shape chocolate mixture into finger-sized logs.

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Try salt, ginger, icing sugar , chocolate or coffee.

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Beat in the icing sugar to make a stiff paste.

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Roll the truffles gently but firmly, using enough icing sugar on your hands to prevent the mixture from sticking.

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Leave the cookies to cool and harden on a wire rack. 5 Mix the icing sugar with two tablespoons of water.

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With gelatine icing sugar , make the shapes of each of the cards.

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Decorate with white icing sugar for the base.

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Cover them in green icing sugar .

level

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If lower temperatures are used, the reducing sugar level may become too high.

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When you eat a big load of sugar , your blood sugar levels rise.

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Jonathan had been taken to hospital and his blood sugar level had been found to be abnormally low.

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You use insulin to store the excess sugar away until your blood sugar levels drop.

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Without this fibre, there can be a large fall in the blood sugar level , which causes hunger.

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So when I changed to television, I noticed that my sugar level was fluctuating.

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Low blood sugar level , that could be half the problem.

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Others need to raise their blood sugar levels before they get any ideas.

lump

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Guy immediately shovelled another sugar lump between its wet, smelly lips.

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There might be a sugar lump in a minute, but sometimes, when Henry was upset, there were no treats.

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I carry sugar lumps around with me and feed him those.

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If the fly landed on your sugar lump you got the girl.

maple

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Ash and sugar maple trees were shooting up among the apple trees in the remorseless struggle for light.

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To begin with, the sugar maple .

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I walked through hardwood forest of very thick sugar maples and yellow birches.

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And when I made extensive surveys I found them almost exclusively on sugar maples .

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The white birch, beech, and red and sugar maples were not far behind in the race for light.

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The golden crown of a sugar maple tinged with orange can startle you with its luminescence.

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So will the sugar maple seedlings, for a while, forming a yellow carpet in the hardwood forest.

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Everywhere there are chipmunks with bulging cheek pouches, gathering sugar maple seeds that have recently fallen.

plantation

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Sweetness and plight Slavery on sugar plantations is a thing of the past.

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A disused sugar plantation is now the site of thriving communal maize plots.

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Sadly, most never make it past the sorting stage and instead wind up as fire-lighters at a nearby sugar plantation .

production

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The sugar program provides loans to growers of 18 cents per pound for raw cane sugar production and limits foreign imports.

refinery

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Where are the main sugar refineries and why are they in these places?

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I travelled five miles of busy docks on the Overhead Railway, passed flour mills and sugar refineries and massive bonded warehouses.

■ VERB

add

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Some brewers add extra sugar at this stage to encourage the continuing fermentation.

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Add wine, chicken broth and 2 cups water. Add peanuts, sugar and salt.

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Allow the mixture to cook for about 5 minutes over a low heat, then add the salt, sugar and stock.

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This treat he produced by mashing a sweet potato to pulp and adding sugar , vanilla extract, and evaporated milk.

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Pour the spirits and coffee into the glass, add sugar to taste and float the whipped cream on top.

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They usually taste bland because they are picked before the plant has the chance to add important sugars and aromas.

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Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then gradually add the caster sugar .

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Pour half of the olive oil into a frying pan and add the sugar and tomatoes.

beat

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Remove from heat and beat in sugars , syrup, eggs, milk and peanuts.

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In a large bowl, beat together remaining sugar with butter until smooth.

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Let mixture stand 15 minutes. Beat eggs and sugar with fork in separate bowl.

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Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.

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Beat the egg whites until stiff and then, a little at a time, beat in the sugar .

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In another large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy.

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In a small bowl, beat eggs; add sugar , beat well.

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Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until fluffy.

coat

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Candied peel and angelica are coated in a thick sugar syrup, then dried.

combine

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Pour into 9-or 10-inch pre-baked, crimped pie shell. Combine granulated sugar , cinnamon and nutmeg in small bowl.

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In a small bowl, combine sugar , flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

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Meanwhile, in another small saucepan, combine pearl onions and sugar with water to cover barely.

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In large bowl, combine flour, sugar , baking powder, salt and pepper.

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In medium bowl, combine brown sugar , cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, milk and eggs; blend well.

contain

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Even some brands of muesli contain up to 25 percent sugar .

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It was printed on a raisin package about 1954 and contained brown sugar and orange juice.

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Almost all tinned foods contain sugar .

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This is because desserts almost always contain sugar and/or dairy fat, both of which are calorie-killers.

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Gerald was asked to try a diet containing no sugar or white flour and was given an anti-fungal drug, nystatin.

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These last four items also contain sugar and have already appeared in the list of goals for sugar reduction.

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Even low-sugar rusks can contain up to 15 percent sugar so give crusts of toast or a scrubbed carrot to gnaw on instead.

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Baby fruit juices and drinks are popular, but even pure fruit juices contain natural sugars which can be harmful to teeth.

dissolve

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Put the sugar and water into the pot and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

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If you put in too much sugar , not all of it will dissolve .

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Heat gently to dissolve the sugar , then boil again quickly until the sugar turns golden.

dust

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Serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream on a place dusted with powdered sugar .

put

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They drank their tea very dark and all put much sugar into it.

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If you put in too much sugar , not all of it will dissolve.

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Leave them to one side. Put the icing sugar into another bowl.

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Can't you put sugar in his petrol tank or something?

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About four lumps will rub sufficient outside peel and oil out of each lemon. Put all the sugar together into the bowl.

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She avoided Betty's eye and absent-mindedly put too much sugar in her tea.

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From our list we would choose to put a cross against sugar , chocolate, biscuits, sponge cake, and mints.

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Well, with the coffee it's all a matter of putting the sugar in first and stirring well.

sprinkle

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Peel and core the apples and cut into quarters. Sprinkle the sugar over the bottom of a baking dish.

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Pour into a greased and floured 9-by-13-inch pan. Sprinkle with reserved brown sugar .

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Pour the milk over the mixture and sprinkle the sugar on top.

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Roll or pat into 9-inch circle. Sprinkle with sugar .

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Leave too cool on a wire rack and then sprinkle with icing sugar .

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Put them around the edges of the cake. Sprinkle a little powdered sugar on top.

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Serve the fritters warm with ice cream and sprinkled lightly with powdered sugar .

stir

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Add the kilo of sugar and stir water, sugar and wort until they are more or less dissolved.

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Farris stirred in sugar and coffee creamer from their packets.

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Mix together the lemon juice and freshly squeezed orange juice, then stir in the caster sugar .

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Put the sugar and water into the pot and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

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Stir in remaining ingredients and gently cook, stirring until sugar dissolves.

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Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.

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Reduce heat to low and stir in sugar and butter.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

do you take sugar/milk?

sugar/sweeten the pill

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They tried to sweeten the pill . b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.

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To sweeten the pill , the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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Halcyon and Regina are the winter barleys with Optic put in after late-lifted sugar beet.

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No wonder Third World sugar producers feel discriminated against.

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People with Type 1 diabetes must closely monitor their blood sugar and take daily insulin injections.

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Tea and sugar give clues about the ability of the working class to afford a reasonable diet.

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Textiles were excluded and there was no significant increases in the sugar quota to make up for cuts in recent years.

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The powdered sugar fell like fine snow on to the green bedspread.

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Where there was sugar , humans learned ways to encourage its conversion into alcohol by fermentation.

II. verb