[kan-dee] 
noun, plural -dies, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing.| 1. | any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc. |
| 2. | a single piece of such a confection. |
| 3. | Slang. cocaine. |
| 4. | someone or something that is pleasing or pleasurable, usually in a superficial way (often used in combination): eye candy. |
| 5. | to cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots. |
| 6. | to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger. |
| 7. | to reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down. |
| 8. | to coat with sugar: to candy dates. |
| 9. | to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable. |
| 10. | to become covered with sugar. |
| 11. | to crystallize into sugar. |
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