candied

«candied» in Mova's school dictionary: Cooked in sugar syrup to preserve it and make it sweet:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (candied); verb, past form of candy (candy, candies, candied, candying)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cooked in sugar syrup to preserve it and make it sweet: candied peel, candied fruit. tree →

2) (rare) Too sweet or flattering in words. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking and festivals: candied peel goes in Christmas cake, candied apples (toffee apples) at fairs and Halloween, candied yams at US Thanksgiving. In science, sugar stops germs growing, so candied fruit lasts a long time.

examples

• Gran puts candied peel in the Christmas pudding. tree →
• We had candied apples at the fair. tree →
• Candied cherries decorate the cake. tree →
• Candied yams are a Thanksgiving dish. tree →
• Candied ginger is sweet and spicy. tree →

note

Spelling: candy → candied (y → ied). Too many candied treats are bad for teeth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «candied» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.