candy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
    confect.
  2. verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
    glaze; sugarcoat.

WordNet

Can"dy transitive verb
Etymology
F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khandda piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. khand, khad to break.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Candied ; present participle & verbal noun Candying
Definitions
  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.
Can"dy intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.
Can"dy noun
Etymology
F. candi. See Candy, v. t.
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Etymology
Mahratta khandi, Tamil kandi.
Definitions
  1. A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Webster 1913