sugar

Universal Words noun, verb, exclamation noun 1 [U] a sweet substance, often in the form of white or brown CRYSTALS, made from the juices of various plants, used in cooking or to make tea, coffee, etc. sweeter: a sugar plantation / refinery / bowl * This juice contains no added sugar. * Do you take sugar (= have it in your tea, coffee, etc.)? seealsoBROWNSUGAR, CANESUGAR, CASTERSUGAR, GRANULATEDSUGAR, ICINGSUGAR 2 [C] the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold or that is contained in a small CUBE, added to tea, coffee, etc: How many sugars do you take in coffee? 3 [C,usually pl.] (technical) any of various sweet substances that are found naturally in plants, fruit, etc: fruit sugars * a person's blood sugar level (= the amount of GLUCOSE in their blood) 4 [U] (spoken, especially AmE) a way of addressing sb that you like or love: See you later, sugar. verb [VN] to add sugar to sth; to cover sth in sugar IDIOMS see PILL exclamation used to show that you are annoyed when you do sth stupid or when sth goes wrong (to avoid saying 'shit'): Oh sugar! I've forgotten my book!