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Noun sugar has 3 senses

sugar, refined sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
--₁ is a kind of sweetening, sweetener
--₁ has particulars:
caramel, caramelized sugar; lump sugar; sugarloaf, sugar loaf, loaf sugar; cane sugar; granulated sugar; beet sugar; corn sugar; brown sugar

Derived form: verb sugar₁

carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
--₂ is a kind of macromolecule, supermolecule
--₂ has particulars:

ribose; beet sugar; cane sugar; deoxyribose; invert sugar; maple sugar; monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar; oligosaccharide; polysaccharide, polyose; jaggery, jagghery, jaggary; wood sugar, xylose

boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum - informal terms for money
--₃ is a kind of money

Verb sugar has 1 sense

sugar, saccharify - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea"
--₁ is one way to sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate

Derived form: noun sugar₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something