candied

UK: /ˈkændid/ US: /ˈkændid/ ,(kan′dēd)

From the verb candy: (⇒ conjugate)

candied is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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can•died /ˈkændid/   adj. [before a noun]

1. Food cooked or covered in sugar or syrup:
   candied yams.

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can•died  (kan′dēd), adj. 

1. Food impregnated or incrusted with or as if with sugar:
   candied ginger.
2. Food prepared by cooking in sugar or syrup:
   candied yams.
3. Food honeyed;
   flattering:
   candied words.

• candy + -ed³ 1590–1600

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candied / ˈkændɪd/ adjective

1. impregnated or encrusted with or as if with sugar or syrup: candied peel

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can•dy /ˈkændi/   n., pl. -dies. 

1. Food a sweet food made mostly of sugar or syrup and usually cooked or baked:
   [uncountable] homemade candy.
2. Food a single piece of such a food:
   [countable] a few small candies.

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can•dy  (kan′dē), n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
n. 

1. Food any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
2. Food a single piece of such a confection.
3. Slang Terms cocaine.

v.t. 

4. Food to cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots.
5. to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger.
6. Food to reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down.
7. Food to coat with sugar:
   to candy dates.
8. to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable.

v.i. 

9. to become covered with sugar.
10. Food to 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

can′dy•like′, adj. 

Can•dy  (kan′dē), n. 

1. a female given name.

candy, +n. 

1. Slang Terms someone or something that is excellent, pleasing, or pleasurable (often used in combination):
   eye candy.

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candy / ˈkændɪ/ noun ( -dies)

1. confectionery in general; sweets, chocolate, etc

verb ( -dies, -dying, -died)

1. to cause (sugar, etc) to become crystalline, esp by boiling or (of sugar) to become crystalline through boiling
2. (transitive) to preserve (fruit peel, ginger, etc) by boiling in sugar
3. (transitive) 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