Definitions for Candy
ˈkæn dican·dy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. candy, confectverb

   a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

2. sugarcoat, glaze, candyverb

   coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Candynoun

   Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed.

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. candynoun

   a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

2. Candynoun

   A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

3. Etymology: From sucre candi, from قندي, from قند

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Candyverb

   Etymology: probably from candare, a word used in later times, for to whiten.

   1. To conserve with sugar, in such a manner as that the sugar lies in flakes, or breaks into tangles.

   Should the poor be flatter’d?
   No, let the candy’d tongue lick absurd pomp,
   And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,
   Where thrift may follow fawning. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   They have in Turkey confections like to candied conserves, made of sugar and lemons, or sugar and citrons, or sugar and violets, and some other flowers, and some mixture of amber. Francis Bacon.

   With candy’d plantanes, and the juicy pine,
   On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine. Edmund Waller.

   2. To form into congelations.

   Will the cold brook,
   Candied with ice, cawdle thy morning toast,
   To cure thy o’er-night’s surfeit? William Shakespeare, Timon.

   3. To incrust with congelations.

   Since when those frosts that winter brings,
   Which candy every green,
   Renew us like the teeming springs,
   And we thus fresh are seen. Michael Drayton.

2. To Candyverb

   To grow congealed.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Candy

   Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied. Physically, candy is characterized by the use of a significant amount of sugar or sugar substitutes. Unlike a cake or loaf of bread that would be shared among many people, candies are usually made in smaller pieces. However, the definition of candy also depends upon how people treat the food. Unlike sweet pastries served for a dessert course at the end of a meal, candies are normally eaten casually, often with the fingers, as a snack between meals. Each culture has its own ideas of what constitutes candy rather than dessert. The same food may be a candy in one culture and a dessert in another.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. candy

   Candy refers to a type of sweet confectionery usually made from sugar, corn syrup, and various flavorings and ingredients. It typically comes in various forms such as hard, chewy, or soft and is often enjoyed as a treat or dessert. Candy is known for its wide range of flavors, shapes, and colors and is often packaged in individual portions for easy consumption.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Candyverb

   to conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger

2. Candyverb

   to make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup

3. Candyverb

   to incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy

4. Candyverb

   to have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time

5. Candyverb

   to be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass

6. Candyverb

   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

7. Candynoun

   a weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds

8. Etymology: [Mahratta kha, Tamil kai.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Candy

   Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added. Candies come in numerous colors and varieties and have a long history in popular culture. The Middle English word candy began to be used in the late 13th century, coming into English from the Old French çucre candi, derived in turn from Persian Qand and Qandi, "cane sugar", probably derived from Sanskrit word khanda "piece", perhaps from Dravidian. In North America, some use candy as a broad category that may include candy bars, chocolates, licorice, sour candies, salty candies, tart candies, hard candies, taffies, gumdrops, marshmallows, and more. Vegetables or fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied. Outside North America, the generic English-language name for candy is sweets or confectionery. In Australia and New Zealand, small pieces of sweet substance are known as "lollies". In North America, Australia, the Caribbean, NZ and the UK, the word "lollipop" refers specifically to sugar candy with flavoring on a stick. While not used in the generic sense of North America, the term candy is used in the UK for specific types of foods such as candy floss, and certain other sugar based products such as candied fruit.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Candy

   kan′di, Sugar-candy, shoog′ar-kan′di, n. a sweetmeat made of sugar: anything preserved in sugar.—v.t. to preserve or dress with sugar: to congeal or crystallise as sugar.—v.i. to become congealed.—p.adj. Can′died, encrusted with candy or sugar: (fig.) sugared, flattering. [Fr. candi, from Ar. qandah, candy.]

2. Candy

   kan′di, n. a South Indian weight, generally containing 20 maunds, about 500 pounds English.—Also Can′die and Kan′dy. [Tamil.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. candy

   A kingdom of Ceylon; it was taken by a British detachment, February 20, 1803, who capitulated June 23, following, anxious to evacuate the place on account of its unhealthiness; on the third day many were treacherously massacred at Columbo. The war was renewed in October, 1814; the king made prisoner by Gen. Brownrigg, February 19, 1815, and the sovereignty vested in Great Britain, March 2, 1815.

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Candy

   An Americanism for sweetmeats. The Arabic quand, sugar, gave the French word candi.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CANDY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Candy is ranked #27646 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Candy surname appeared 870 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Candy.
   
   70.1% or 610 total occurrences were White.
   14.9% or 130 total occurrences were Black.
   5% or 44 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   4.4% or 39 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.5% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Sweeten

Anagrams for Candy »

1. dancy

2. any cd

How to pronounce Candy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Candy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Candy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Candy in a Sentence

1. Angelica Varela:

   The black-footed ferrets prey on prairie dogs so it was once thought that elimination programs for the dogs, considered a nuisance to farmers and ranchers, were impacting the ferret population. Now, there was a concerted effort by the state to rebuild the black-footed ferret population. On a recent day, volunteers made their way to small-town Seligman and met for training on the first night inside a rented home in a rural neighborhood that Arizona Game and Fish uses for the operation. One of those volunteers is Robert Coonrod, who bought a pick-up truck and rigged it with overhead lights specifically for the night-time searches. Robert Coonrod has been volunteering for five years. Though hes not a biologist, he enjoys helping out wildlife and found a new photography hobby while volunteering. HUNTERS TURN TO HIPSTERS TO HELP BOOST SPORTS DECLINING NUMBERS One of the volunteers is Robert Coonrod, who bought a pick-up truck and rigged it with overhead lights specifically for the night-time searches. ( Fox News) Were looking for a ferret to be outside his hole. We drive down, he gets curious, looks at the lights, you see the green eyes shine, and then its off to the races, Robert Coonrod said. Once the animalis spotted, volunteers run towardit and set up a trap. But they have to first hopscotch around prairie dog burrows that dot the landscape. Sometimes it can be very entertaining watching people run across a prairie dog colony because youre so focused on the ferret that you forget about all these holes on the ground, Holly Hicks said. Yeah, every one of us has tripped and fallen in a prairie dog hole after chasing after a ferret. ARIZONA MAN PICKED UP NEWBORN FAWN, TOOK IT TO LOCAL BAR, OFFICIALS SAY With freezing temperates on the first night of the search, around 10 of the volunteers showed up, including Arizona State Univerisity biology graduate Angelica Varela, who will soon be starting an internship with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. With freezing temperates on the first night of the search, around 10 of the volunteers showed up( Fox News)( When I started) volunteering( for other wildlife organizations) and really getting boots on the ground and realizing the hard work that actually goes into it, its really important and its really satisfying being able to know that you had a part in helping a species, as conservation work, I mean were doing this so that eventually we dont have to keep doing it. Angelica Varela drove up from Phoenix with Angelica Varela friend, Brandi Kapos, who is an Olive Garden waitress and an Arizona State Univerisity conservation biology graduate. Shes looking to return to school to get a masters degree in Geographic Information Systems. Before Angelica Varela and Brandi Kapos got their assignment from Jennifer Cordova for the night, they said they had energy drinks and candy. Angelica Varela said Angelica Varela was pumped. With freezing temperates on the first night of the search, around 10 of the volunteers showed up, including Arizona State Univerisity biology graduates Angelica Varela and Brandi Kapos. ( Fox News) Jennifer Cordova said the goal is to get the black-footed ferret off the endangered species list. Fox News important because wildlife dont have a say -- theydont have a voice out there, Holly Hicks said. So, its people like us who manage and try to keep that voice out there and people aware. Our passion comes from a lot of places. We love animals. We want to see wildlife in the future for future generations. Only found in North America, this wild animal differs from the European pet ferrets that are domesticated. The black-footed ferret was once thought extinct until 18 were found in 1981. Since then, recovery and breeding efforts have helped the black-footed ferret population grow. I kind of feel like its our duty.

2. Brian Fallon:

   They were like kids in a candy store, they had about 40 minutes where they ran wild. They went hog wild downloading as much data (as they could) in about 25 minutes.

3. Mike Leach:

   A while back, I found that Europe had better candy than we did overall because they have Gummy everything.

4. Stefan Smith:

   What they're realizing is this is not a political thing they're doing, what they're doing is a cultural thing, so, if you find identity in being a Trump supporter and then you find yourself in a community with people who are like that ... now you're incentivized to stay in the ecosystem. It's like Candy Crush.

5. Jeb Bush:

   He put on yellow cotton candy on his head, he ate his own hair, asked if i wanted some -- I took a little piece of the Donald's hair.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Candy
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Candy
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Candy
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Candy
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Candy
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Candy
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Candy
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Candy
12. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html