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candy

1

[ kan-dee ]

noun

plural candies.
  1. any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
  2. a single piece of such a confection.
  3. Slang. cocaine.
  4. someone or something that is pleasing or pleasurable, usually in a superficial way (often used in combination): arm candy, ear candy, eye candy.

    The show is candy, but enjoy it for what it is.



verb (used with object)

candied, candying.
  1. to cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots.
  2. to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger.
  3. to reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down.
  4. to coat with sugar:

    to candy dates.

  5. to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable.

verb (used without object)

candied, candying.
  1. to become covered with sugar.
  2. to crystallize into sugar.

Candy

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[ kan-dee ]

noun

  1. a female given name.

candy

/ ˈæԻɪ /

noun

  1. confectionery in general; sweets, chocolate, etc
  2. a person or thing that is regarded as being attractive but superficial

    arm candy

  3. like taking candy from a baby informal.
    very easy to accomplish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cause (sugar, etc) to become crystalline, esp by boiling or (of sugar) to become crystalline through boiling
  2. to preserve (fruit peel, ginger, etc) by boiling in sugar
  3. to cover with any crystalline substance, such as ice or sugar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of candy1

1225–75; Middle English candi, sugre candi candied sugar < Middle French sucre candi; candi Arabic 粹Իī < Persian qandi sugar < Sanskrit ṇḍ첹ḥ sugar candy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of candy1

C18: from Old French sucre candi candied sugar, from Arabic qandi candied, from qand cane sugar, of Dravidian origin
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Mom knew how to fry and did not need a candy thermometer, as I do, to tell her when the oil was ready.

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Red No. 3 — which gives certain foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red hue — is commonly found in candies, artificial fruit products, processed meats, frozen desserts and baked goods and snacks.

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In a follow-up video, she said the strawberry tastes “like a strawberry, but times like a thousand” and described it as “sweet” and “like candy.”

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Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal—pillowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

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The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.

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