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syrup

UK
/ˈsɪr.əp/
US
/ˈsɪr.əp/ or /ˈsɜːr.əp/

Translations

syrupnoun
syrups
pl
She poured maple syrup over her pancakes for breakfast.
Elle a versé du sirop d’érable sur ses pancakes au petit-déjeuner.
siropEn pharmacie, préparation médicinale sucrée.
The doctor prescribed a cough syrup to help relieve his symptoms.
Le médecin lui a prescrit un sirop contre la toux pour soulager ses symptômes.
Additional translations
perruqueArgot britannique.
mièvrerieSens figuré : excès de sentimentalité ou de douceur dans le style.
Synonyms
molasses
concentrate
extract
nectar
liquid sweetener
syrupverb
syruped
Past Simple
syruped
Past Participle
syruping
Gerund
Transitive verb meaning ‘to coat or sweeten with syrup’
Additional translations
siruperUsage culinaire, notamment au Québec ; pour couvrir de sirop ou réduire en sirop.
Synonyms
glaze
sugar
sweeten
coat
baste
candy
preserve (in syrup)
syrupadjective
UK
/ˈsɪr.əp/
US
/ˈsɪr.əp/ or /ˈsɜːr.əp/
Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., "syrup dispenser")
Additional translations
sirupeuxSens adjectival rare ; proche de « au sirop ».

Definitions

syrupnoun
A thick, sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used as a topping or ingredient in cooking.
She poured maple syrup over her pancakes for breakfast.
A medicinal liquid preparation, often containing a drug, dissolved in a sugar solution.
The doctor prescribed a cough syrup to help relieve his symptoms.
Excessive sentimentality or sweetness in speech, writing, or behavior.
The novel lays on the syrup, with page after page of saccharine dialogue.
Overly sentimental or cloying language, music, or behaviour; excessive sweetness.
The film lays on the syrup with its sappy dialogue and swelling violins.
(Britain, slang) A wig, especially in cockney rhyming slang ("syrup of figs").
He adjusted his syrup before stepping on stage.
syrupverb
To coat, sweeten, or saturate with syrup.
He syrups the waffles before serving them.
To boil or process sap or juice until it becomes syrup.
They spent the early spring syruping in the sugar shack.
syrupadjective
Relating to, containing, or intended for syrup.
The restaurant keeps a special syrup pump for its soda fountain.
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