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syrup

/ˈsɪr.əp/

/ˈsɪr.əp/ or /ˈsɜːr.əp/

Translations

syrupnoun

syrups

сироп

I like to add syrup to my pancakes.

Мне нравится добавлять сироп к моим блинам.

Synonyms

liquid sweetener

syrupverb

syruped

Past Simple

syruped

Past Participle

syruping

Gerund

Transitive verb meaning ‘to coat or sweeten with syrup’

Synonyms

preserve (in syrup)

syrupadjective

/ˈsɪr.əp/

/ˈsɪr.əp/ or /ˈsɜːr.əp/

Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., "syrup dispenser")

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.