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[saws]

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noun

any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.

stewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food: cranberry sauce.

something that adds piquance or zest.

Informal. impertinence; sauciness.

Slang. hard liquor (usually preceded by the): He's on the sauce again.

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Archaic. garden vegetables eaten with meat.

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verb (used with object)

to dress or prepare with sauce; season: meat well sauced.

to make a sauce of: Tomatoes must be sauced while ripe.

to give piquance or zest to.

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to make agreeable or less harsh.

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Informal. to speak impertinently or saucily to.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin salsa, noun use of feminine of Latin salsus salted, past participle of sallere to salt, derivative of sāl salt

Related forms

sauce·less, adjective

o·ver·sauce, verb (used with object), o·ver·sauced, o·ver·sauc·ing.

Can be confused: sauce, source.

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Example Sentences

Beef tongue in tomato sauce is one of the best things to eat ever, in my mind.

Add the vinegar, swirl it around over high heat and pour the sauce over the fish.

Cut each roll in half diagonally and serve immediately, with plum sauce and mustard for dipping.

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World English Dictionary

sauce (sɔːs)

—n
1.	any liquid or semiliquid preparation eaten with food to enhance its flavour
2.	anything that adds piquancy
3.	(US), (Canadian) stewed fruit
4.	dialect (US) vegetables eaten with meat
5.	informal impudent language or behaviour

—vb
6.	to prepare (food) with sauce
7.	to add zest to
8.	to make agreeable or less severe
9.	informal to be saucy to

[C14: via Old French from Latin salsus salted, from salīre to sprinkle with salt, from sal salt]

'sauceless

—*adj*

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

sauce

1350, from O.Fr. sauce, sausse, from noun use of L. salsa, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of salsus "salted," from pp. of Old L. sallere "to salt," from sal (gen. salis) "salt" (see salt). Meaning "something which adds piquancy to words or actions" is recorded from c.1500; sense of

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"impertinence" first recorded 1835 (see saucy, and cf. sass). Slang meaning "liquor" first attested 1940. Colloquial saucebox "one addicted to making saucy remarks" is from 1588.

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Slang Dictionary

sauce definition

n.
liquor; any alcoholic beverage. (See also on the sauce.) : Did you bring the sauce? Can't have a good party without lots of sauce.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

sauce

In addition to the idiom beginning with sauce, also see hit the bottle (sauce).

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

sauce

liquid or semiliquid mixture that is added to a food as it cooks or that is served with it. Sauces provide flavour, moisture, and a contrast in texture and colour. They may also serve as a medium in which food is contained, for example, the veloute sauce of creamed chicken. Seasoning liquids (soy sauce, hot pepper sauce, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce) are used both as ingredients in cooking and at table as condiments.

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