Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sugar

~1 n 1 a sweet white or brown substance that is obtained from plants and used to sweeten food and drinks  (Do you take sugar in your coffee?) 2 the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold  (How many sugars do you want in your tea?) 3 technical one of several sweet substances formed in plants  (- compare glucose) 4 BrE spoken used to address someone you like very much 5 (oh) sugar! spoken especially BrE used when you are very annoyed about something stupid that you have just done, or when something goes wrong ~2 v 1 to add sugar or cover something with sugar; sweeten (1)  (Did you sugar my coffee?) 2 sugar the pill especially BrE to do something that makes an order, activity etc less unpleasant - sugared adj  (sugared almonds)