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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#m1)

2) (rare) Too sweet or flattering in words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#x1)
- We had candied apples at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#x2)
- Candied cherries decorate the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#x3)
- Candied yams are a Thanksgiving dish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#x4)
- Candied ginger is sweet and spicy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#x5)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.