percolate vs sugar

percolate

noun
  • A liquid that has been percolated. 

verb
  • To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. 

  • To make (coffee) in a percolator. 

  • To drain or seep through a porous substance. 

  • To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. 

sugar

noun
  • A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink. 

  • Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality. 

  • A term of endearment. 

  • Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. 

  • Diabetes. 

  • Heroin. 

  • A specific variety of sugar. 

  • Affection shown by kisses or kissing. 

  • Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy. 

  • Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. 

  • Syntactic sugar. 

verb
  • To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar. 

  • In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off. 

  • To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths. 

  • To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice. 

  • To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar. 

  • To compliment (a person). 

  • To make (something unpleasant) seem less so. 

intj
  • Used in place of shit! 

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