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syr·up
also sir·up (sĭr′əp, sûr′-)n.
1. A thick, sweet, sticky liquid, consisting of a sugar base, natural or artificial flavorings, and water.
2. A thick, sugary liquid made by boiling down or otherwise concentrating plant sap, juice, or grain extracts.
3. A concentrated solution of sugar in water, often used as a vehicle for medicine.
[Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siropus, from Arabic šarāb, from šariba, to drink; see śrb in Semitic roots.]
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syrup
(ˈsɪrəp)n
1. (Cookery) a solution of sugar dissolved in water and often flavoured with fruit juice: used for sweetening fruit, etc
2. (Cookery) any of various thick sweet liquids prepared for cooking or table use from molasses, sugars, etc
3. (Pharmacology) a liquid medicine containing a sugar solution for flavouring or preservation
4. informal cloying sentimentality
5. (Hairdressing & Grooming) slang Brit a wig
vb (tr)
Ancient name: sirup 6. (Cookery) to bring to the consistency of syrup
7. (Cookery) to cover, fill, or sweeten with syrup
[C15: from Medieval Latin syrupus, from Arabic sharāb a drink, from shariba to drink: sense 4 from rhyming slang syrup of fig]
ˈsyrup-ˌlike adj
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syr•up
(ˈsɪr əp, ˈsɜr-)n.
1. any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc.
2. any of various preparations consisting of fruit juices, water, etc., boiled with sugar.
v.t. 3. to bring to the form or consistency of syrup.
4. to cover, fill, or sweeten with syrup.
[1350–1400; Middle English sirop < Middle French < Medieval Latin syrupus < Arabic sharāb a drink]
syr′up•like`, adj.
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syrup
Past participle: syruped
Gerund: syruping
| Imperative |
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| syrup |
| syrup |
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| Noun | 1. |  syrup - a thick sweet sticky liquid sweetener, sweetening - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter sugar syrup - sugar and water and sometimes corn syrup boiled together; used as sweetening especially in drinks molasses - thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining sorghum molasses, sorghum - made from juice of sweet sorghum golden syrup, treacle - a pale cane syrup grenadine - thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks maple syrup - made by concentrating sap from sugar maples corn syrup - syrup prepared from corn |
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Translations
دِبْس مُصَفّىعَصير مُرَكَّز، شَرابقَطْر
sirupmelasa
sirupmelassesaft
siirappi
sirup
szirupszörp
melassisíróp
シロップ
시럽
kaip sirupassirupo
sīrups
sirup
sirup
sirap
น้ำเชื่อม
şurupşeker şurubu
nước xi-rô
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
syrup
, (US also) sirupn → Sirup m (also Med); (= preservative also) → Saft m; syrup of figs → Feigensaft m; fruit syrup → Fruchtsirup m; cough syrup (Med) → Hustensaft or -sirup m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
syrup
(ˈsirəp) , ((American) ˈsə:-) noun1. water or the juice of fruits boiled with sugar and made thick and sticky.
2. a purified form of treacle.
ˈsyrupy adjective of, or like, syrup.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
syrup
→ قَطْر sirup sirup Sirup σιρόπι jarabe siirappi sirop sirup sciroppo シロップ 시럽 siroop sirup syrop xarope сироп sirap น้ำเชื่อม şurup nước xi-rô 糖浆Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
syr·up
n. jarabe, almíbar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
syrup
n jarabe m; cough — jarabe para la tos; high-fructose corn — jarabe de maíz de alta fructosaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.