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sauce
I. \ˈsȯs; usu in senses 4&7, dial in other senses ˈsas or ˈsaa(ə)s, or ˈsais; dial ˈsärs or ˈsȧs\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French sauce, sausse, from Latin salsa, feminine of salsus salted, from past participle of sallere to salt, from sal salt — more at salt
1. : a condiment or composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish
< barbecue sauce >
2. : a fluid, semifluid, or sometimes semisolid accompaniment of solid food:
a. : meat or fish stock or milk or cream thickened with flour or other starch, usually flavored with a concentrate (as from roast meat), seasoned with a variety of condiments or spices, and used for fish, meat, eggs, or vegetables — see allemande, b IIIéchamel, brown sauce, velouté
b. : a variously flavored sweetened mixture served as a topping with a dessert: as
(1) : one composed of water, milk, cream, or fruit juice with sugar and other ingredients added and thickened with flour or other starch or with eggs
< butterscotch sauce >
< lemon sauce >
< custard sauce >
(2) : one composed of eggs and butter without other liquid
3. : something that adds zest or piquancy
< fame is only one of the sauces of life — A.C.Benson >
4. : vegetables eaten with meat or as a relish
5. : stewed or canned fruit eaten as an accompaniment with other food or as a dessert
< blueberry sauce >
< cranberry sauce >
6. : a solution used in some manufacturing processes (as moistening layers of tobacco) : pickle
7. : pert or insolent language or actions : sauciness
< it never pays to stand any sauce — Arnold Bennett >
8. slang : intoxicating drinks : liquor
< been off the sauce for fourteen months — John O'Hara >
II. \ˈsȯs; usu in sense 4b, dial in other senses ˈsas or ˈsaa(ə)s or ˈsais; dial ˈsärs or ˈsȧs\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English saucen, from sauce, n.
1. : to dress (food) with something intended to give a higher relish : season, flavor
2.
a. archaic : to modify the harsh or unpleasant characteristics of : temper
< a slice of the densest cloud within his reach, sauced with moonshine — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
b. : to add interesting qualities to : give zest to : make piquant or attractive
< technicalities sauced and seasoned by songs, recitations, and tales of adventure — Llewellyn Howland >
3. obsolete : flog
4.
a. dialect chiefly England : rebuke
b. : to address in bitter, pert, or tart language : be impudent or saucy to |