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# candied

adjective (candied); verb, past form of candy (candy, candies, candied, candying)

«candied» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cooked in sugar syrup to preserve it and make it sweet: candied peel, candied fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#m1)
2. (rare) Too sweet or flattering in words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «candied» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candied/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«candied» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/candied.html) on Mova free.