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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024can•dy /ˈkændi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies. - Food a sweet food made mostly of sugar or syrup and usually cooked or baked:[uncountable]homemade candy.
- Food a single piece of such a food:[countable]a few small candies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024can•dy (kan′dē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. n. - Foodany of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Fooda single piece of such a confection.
- Slang Termscocaine.
v.t. - Foodto cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots.
- to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger.
- Foodto reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down.
- Foodto coat with sugar:to candy dates.
- to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable.
v.i. - to become covered with sugar.
- Foodto crystallize into sugar.
- Sanskrit khaṇḍakaḥ sugar candy
- Persian qandi sugar
- Middle French sucre candi; candi Arabic qandī
- Middle English candi, sugre candi candied sugar 1225–75
- a female given name.
candy, + n. - Slang Termssomeone or something that is excellent, pleasing, or pleasurable (often used in combination):eye candy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: candy /ˈkændɪ/ n ( pl -dies)- chiefly US Canadian confectionery in general; sweets, chocolate, etc
vb ( -dies, -dying, -died)- to cause (sugar, etc) to become crystalline, esp by boiling or (of sugar) to become crystalline through boiling
- to preserve (fruit peel, ginger, etc) by boiling in sugar
- to cover with any crystalline substance, such as ice or sugar
Etymology: 18th Century: from Old French sucre candi candied sugar, from Arabic qandi candied, from qand cane sugar, of Dravidian origin |