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candy

N ขนมหวาน (เช่น ทอฟฟี่ หรือ ช็อค โก แล ต confection confectionery sweet ka-nom-wan

candy

N คำ เรียก ยาเสพย์ติด เช่น เฮโรอีน หรือ โคเคน (คำ สแลง drug kham-riak-ya-seb-tid-chen-he-ro-in-rue-ko-ken

candy apple

N ทอฟฟี่ ที่ มี ไส้ แอปเปิล ข้างใน ขนมช นิดหนึ่ง ที่ ทำ จาก แอป เปิ้ล เคลือบ ด้วย น้ำตาล หรือ คา รา เมล caramel appletoffee apple thob-fi-ti-mee-sai-aeb-poen-khang-nai

candy bar

N ช็อค โก แลต หรือ ขนม ที่ มี ลักษณะ เป็น แท่ง แบน chok-ko-laed-rue-ka-nom-ti-mee-lak-sa-na-pen-thaeng-baen

candy cane

N ทอฟฟี่ มี รูปร่าง เป็น แท่ง มัก เป็น ลาย ขาว แดง thob-fi-me-rub-rang-pen-thaeng-mak-pen-lai-khao-daeng

candy-ass

SL คน ขี้กลัว kon-ke-kla

candy-striped

ADJ ที่ มี ลาย บน สี พื้น (มัก เป็น เส้น สีแดง หรือ ชมพู บน พื้น สี ขาว ti-me-lai-bon-se-phin

candyfloss

N ขนม สาย ไหม ขนมช นิดหนึ่ง ทำ จาก น้ำตาล ที่ ปั่น เป็น ปุย พัน อยู่ บน ด้าม ไม้ cotton candy ka-nom-sai-mai

candytuft

N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง จำพวก Iberis

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CANDY

v.t. 1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar.
2. To from into congelations or crystals.
3. To cover or incrust with congelations, or crystals of ice.

CANDY

v.i.To from into crystals, or become congealed; to take on the form of candied sugar.

CANDYING

ppr. Conserving with sugar.

CANDYING

n.The act of preserving simples in substance, by boiling them in sugar.

CANDY-TUFTS

n. 1. A plant, the Iberis.
2. A Cretan flower.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANDY

Can "dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied; p. pr & vb. n. Candying. ] Etym: [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi ), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khan \'c8da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. khan \'c8, khad to break. ]

1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. Drayson.

CANDY

CANDY Can "dy, v. i.

1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

CANDY

Can "dy n. Etym: [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.]

Defn: A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

CANDY

Candy, n. Etym: [Mahratta khan \'c8i, Tamil kan \'c8i.]

Defn: A weight, at Madras 5 pounds, at Bombay 56 pounds.

CANDYTUFT

CANDYTUFT Can "dy *tuft `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

New American Oxford Dictionary

candy

can dy |ˈkandē ˈkændi | ▶noun ( pl. candies ) a sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate, or nuts: [ as modifier ] : a candy bar | pink and yellow candies. • sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation. ▶verb ( candies, candying, candied ) [ with obj. ] (often as adj. candied ) preserve (fruit ) by coating and impregnating it with a sugar syrup: candied fruit. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (as a verb ): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar, ’ from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar ’ + qandī ‘candied, ’ based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment. ’

candy apple

can dy ap ple |ˈkændi ˈæpəl | ▶noun an apple coated with a thin layer of cooked sugar or caramel and fixed on a stick. • (also candy-apple red ) a bright red color.

candy-ass

can dy-ass |ˈkændi æs | ▶noun informal a timid, cowardly, or despicable person. DERIVATIVES can dy-assed adjective

candy cane

can dy cane ▶noun a cylindrical stick of striped, sweet candy with a curved end, resembling a walking stick.

candy corn

can dy corn ▶noun a form of chewy candy shaped like a large kernel of corn.

candyfloss

candy |floss |ˈkandɪflɒs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a mass of pink or white fluffy spun sugar wrapped round a stick. • something perceived as lacking in worth or substance: their music is just aural candyfloss.

candyman

can dy man |ˈkandēˌman ˈkændimæn | ▶noun ( pl. candymen ) informal a person who sells illegal drugs. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from candy + man, an earlier sense denoting a ragman who gave toffee in exchange for goods.

candy-striped

can dy-striped |ˈkændi ˌstraɪpt | ▶adjective (of material or a garment ) patterned with alternating stripes of white and another color, typically pink. DERIVATIVES can dy-stripe adjective & noun

candy-striper

can dy-strip er |ˈstrīpər ˈkændiˌstraɪpər | ▶noun informal a teenage girl who does volunteer nursing in a hospital. ORIGIN so named because of the candy-striped uniforms of such nurses.

candytuft

can dy tuft |ˈkandēˌtəft ˈkændiˌtəft | ▶noun a European plant with small heads of white, pink, or purple flowers, often cultivated as a garden plant. [Genus Iberis, family Brassicaceae. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Candy (obsolete form of Candia, former name of Crete ) + tuft .

Oxford Dictionary

candy

candy |ˈkandi | ▶noun ( pl. candies ) (also sugar candy ) [ mass noun ] N. Amer. sweets; confectionery: [ as modifier ] : a candy bar | [ count noun ] : pink and yellow candies. • chiefly Brit. sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation. ▶verb ( candies, candying, candied ) [ with obj. ] (often as adj. candied ) preserve (fruit ) by coating and impregnating it with a sugar syrup: candied fruit. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (as a verb ): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar ’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar ’ + qandī ‘candied ’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment ’.

candy apple

candy apple ▶noun N. Amer. a toffee apple. • (also candy-apple red ) [ mass noun ] a bright red colour.

candy-ass

candy-ass |ˈkandɪas | ▶noun N. Amer. informal a timid, cowardly, or despicable person. DERIVATIVES candy-assed adjective

candy cane

candy cane ▶noun N. Amer. a cylindrical stick of striped sweet rock with a curved end, resembling a walking stick.

candy corn

can dy corn ▶noun a form of chewy candy shaped like a large kernel of corn.

candyfloss

candy |floss |ˈkandɪflɒs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a mass of pink or white fluffy spun sugar wrapped round a stick. • something perceived as lacking in worth or substance: their music is just aural candyfloss.

candyman

candy |man |ˈkandɪˌman | ▶noun ( pl. candymen ) N. Amer. informal a person who sells illegal drugs. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from candy + man, an earlier sense denoting a ragman who gave toffee in exchange for goods.

candy-striped

candy-striped ▶adjective (of material or a garment ) patterned with alternating stripes of white and another colour, typically pink. DERIVATIVES candy-stripe adjective & noun

candy-striper

candy-striper ▶noun N. Amer. informal a female voluntary nurse in a hospital. ORIGIN so named because of the candy-striped uniforms of such nurses.

candytuft

candy |tuft |ˈkandɪtʌft | ▶noun a European plant with small heads of white, pink, or purple flowers, grown as a garden or rockery plant. ●Genus Iberis, family Cruciferae. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Candy (obsolete form of Candia, former name of Crete ) + tuft .

American Oxford Thesaurus

candy

candy noun chocolate candy: bonbon, confectionery, sweet.

Oxford Thesaurus

candy

candy noun N. Amer. See confectionery.

Spanish Dictionary

candy

candy VÉASE azúcar candy .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

candy

can dy /kǽndi /〖語源は「砂糖」〗名詞複 -dies /-z /U 1 ｟主に米｠〖種類では可算〗キャンディ, あめ, 砂糖菓子 (｟英｠sweet (s )) (!タフィーチョコレートなども含む ) ▸ a box of assorted candies キャンディの (各種 )詰め合わせ 2 ｟英｠氷砂糖 (｟米｠rock candy ).3 ｟俗｠麻薬 .動詞他動詞 1 …を砂糖漬けにする .2 …を (煮つめて )結晶化する .自動詞砂糖漬けになる .～́ à pple ｟米｠キャンディアップル〘リンゴを砂糖でくるみ棒をさしたもの; ｟英｠toffee apple 〙.～́ b à r ｟米｠棒 [板 ]状チョコレート菓子〘時に粒状のものも含む〙.～́ c à ne (クリスマス用の紅白しま模様の )杖（つえ）形のあめ .～́ st ò re [sh ò p ]｟米｠菓子屋 (｟英｠sweetshop ).～́ str ì pe キャンディストライプ〘白とピンクなどのしま〙.

candyfloss

c á ndy fl ò ss 名詞 U 1 ｟英｠綿菓子 (｟米｠cotton candy ).2 大した価値のないもの, 見かけ倒し .

candy-striped

c á ndy-str ì ped /-t /形容詞 (白と赤の )しま模様の .

candytuft

c á ndy t ù ft 名詞 C 〘植〙マガリバナ〘アブラナ科の1年生観賞植物; 花言葉は「無関心」〙.