'Candy' definitions:
Definition of 'candy'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Candy'
From: GCIDE
- Candy \Can"dy\ (k[a^]n"d[y^]), v. i.
- 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Candy'
From: GCIDE
- Candy \Can"dy\ n. [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.]
- 1. Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. Cocaine. [slang] [PJC]
Definition of 'Candy'
From: GCIDE
- Candy \Can"dy\ (k[a^]n"d[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied (k[a^]n"d[=e]d); p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az['u]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha[.n][dsdot]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[.n][dsdot], kha[dsdot] to break.]
- 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. [1913 Webster]
- Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. --Drayson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Candy'
From: GCIDE
- Candy \Candy\, n. [Mahratta kha[.n][dsdot][imac], Tamil ka[.n][dsdot]i.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'candy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addictive drug,
- blancmange,
- cake,
- comfit,
- compote,
- concrete,
- condense,
- confection,
- confectionery,
- confiture,
- conserve,
- crystallize,
- dangerous drug,
- dope,
- drug,
- dulcify,
- edulcorate,
- frosting,
- gelatin,
- glaze,
- granulate,
- hard drug,
- hard stuff,
- honey,
- icing,
- jam,
- Jell-O,
- jelly,
- junk,
- marmalade,
- meringue,
- mousse,
- mull,
- preserve,
- saccharify,
- set,
- solidify,
- stuff,
- sugar,
- sugar off,
- sugarcoat,
- sweet,
- sweet stuff,
- sweeten,
- sweetmeat,
- sweets,
- take a set,
- thicken,
- tutti-frutti,
- whipped cream
Words containing 'Candy'
- Candied,
- Candying,
- Rock candy,
- Sugar candy,
- barley candy,
- candied apple,
- candied fruit,
- candy apple,
- candy bar,
- candy cane,
- candy corn,
- candy egg,
- candy kiss,
- candy store,
- candy striper,
- candy thermometer,
- chocolate candy,
- cotton candy,
- eye candy,
- hard candy,
- mint candy,
- nose candy,
- peppermint candy,
- candied citrus peel,
- candy-like,
- candy-scented