sugar
verb/ˈʃʊɡə(r)/
/ˈʃʊɡər/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sugar | /ˈʃʊɡə(r)/ /ˈʃʊɡər/ |
| he / she / it sugars | /ˈʃʊɡəz/ /ˈʃʊɡərz/ |
| past simple sugared | /ˈʃʊɡəd/ /ˈʃʊɡərd/ |
| past participle sugared | /ˈʃʊɡəd/ /ˈʃʊɡərd/ |
| -ing form sugaring | /ˈʃʊɡərɪŋ/ /ˈʃʊɡərɪŋ/ |
- sugar something to add sugar to something; to cover something in sugarWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.
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Idioms
See sugar in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarysugar/sweeten the pill
- to do something that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant synonym sugar-coat
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