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1. (n.) candy
any of various confections made with sugar or syrup, often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
2. candy
a single piece of such a confection.
3. (v.t.) candy
to cook in sugar or syrup until glazed, as sweet potatoes.
4. candy
to preserve by cooking in heavy syrup until translucent, as fruit or fruit peel.
5. candy
to reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usu. by boiling down.
6. candy
to roll in granulated sugar.
7. candy
to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable.
8. (v.i.) candy
to become covered with sugar.
9. candy
to crystallize into sugar.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME candi, sugre candi candied sugar < MF sucre candi; candi&indirdesc; Ar qandī < Pers qandi sugar < Skt kha&ndotbelow;&ddotbelow;aka)
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| Definition of 'CANDY' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) candy, confect
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
2. (verb) sugarcoat, glaze, candy
coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
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1. (noun) candy
snack food made from sugar, chocolate, etc.
a piece of candy; Can I have some candy?
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) CANDY
a weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds
2. (verb) CANDY
to conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger
3. (verb) CANDY
to make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup
4. (verb) CANDY
to incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy
5. (verb) CANDY
to have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time
6. (verb) CANDY
to be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass
7. (verb) CANDY
a more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. CANDY
Sweet food products combining cane or beet sugars with other carbohydrates and chocolate, milk, eggs, and various flavorings. In the United States, candy refers to both sugar- and cocoa-based confections and is differentiated from sweetened baked goods; elsewhere the terms sugar confectionary, chocolate confectionary, and flour confectionary (meaning goods such as cakes and pastries) are used.
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Sense: sugar formed into a solid mass by boiling.
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 Afrikaans: kandy |
 Arabic: حَلْوى السُّكَّر نَبات |
 Bulgarian: кристализирана захар |
 Brazilian: bala |
 Czech: kandovaný cukr |
 German: der Kandiszucker |
 Danish: bolsje |
 Greek: καραμέλα |
 Spanish: caramelo, golosina, dulce |
 Estonian: kristalliseerunud suhkur |
 Farsi: قند |
 Finnish: karamelli |
 French: sucre candi |
 Hebrew: מַמתָק |
 Hindi: चीनी की बनी मिठाई |
 Croatian: kandis-šećer |
 Hungarian: jegeccukor |
 Indonesian: gula-gula |
 Icelandic: brjóstsykur |
 Italian: zucchero candito |
 Japanese: 氷砂糖 |
 Korean: 사탕과자 |
 Lithuanian: lydytas cukrus, glajus |
 Latvian: karamele |
 Malay: manisan |
 Dutch: kandij |
 Norwegian: kandis, sukkertøy |
 Polish: lukier |
 Persian: قند |
 Pashto: خواږه، له بورى څخه جوړ شو |
 Portuguese: rebuçado |
 Romanian: zahăr candel |
 Russian: леденец |
 Slovak: kandizovaný cukor |
 Slovenian: kandiran sladkor |
 Serbian: bombona |
 Swedish: kandisocker |
 Thai: ลูกอม |
 Turkish: şeker, şekerleme |
 Taiwanese: 糖塊 |
 Ukrainian: льодяник |
 Urdu: چینی کی بنی ہوئی گولی |
 Vietnamese: đường phèn |
 Chinese: 冰糖 |
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