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sauce
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As a noun, sauce means a liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. As a verb, it means add sauce to.
Meanings of sauce
16 meaningsnoun
A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
“apple sauce; mint sauce”
UKAustralianzIndiaTomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:
“[meat] pie and [tomato] sauce”
slangusually “the”Alcohol, booze.
“Maybe you should lay off the sauce.”
bodybuildingAnabolic steroids.
artA soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
USobsolete slang1800sVegetables.
Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to foodfood
Older and rare meanings (2)
datedCheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
obsoleteUKUSdialectAny garden vegetables eaten with meat.
Alternative form of source, often used when requesting the source of an image or other posted material.
verb
To add sauce to; to season.
To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.
To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
colloquialTo treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
slangTo send or hand over.
Behave saucily or impudently towards
Add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
“sauce the roast”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).