[saws] 
noun, verb, sauced, sauc⋅ing.| 1. | any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food. |
| 2. | stewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food: cranberry sauce. |
| 3. | something that adds piquance or zest. |
| 4. | Informal. impertinence; sauciness. |
| 5. | Slang. hard liquor (usually prec. by the): He's on the sauce again. |
| 6. | Archaic. garden vegetables eaten with meat. |
| 7. | to dress or prepare with sauce; season: meat well sauced. |
| 8. | to make a sauce of: Tomatoes must be sauced while ripe. |
| 9. | to give piquance or zest to. |
| 10. | to make agreeable or less harsh. |
| 11. | Informal. to speak impertinently or saucily to. |
| sauce (sôs) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, from Latin, feminine of salsus, past participle of sallere, to salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.] |
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In addition to the idiom beginning with sauce, also see hit the bottle (sauce).
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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