A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

(historical) The Mediterranean island of Crete.

(historical) The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island. / (historical) The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.

A surname.

(uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup. / (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on. / (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

(obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

present participle of candy

coated or encrusted with sugar / preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent / (figuratively) Pleasing, flattering.

simple past tense and past participle of candy