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sauces

noun

Meaning

  1. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
  2. Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:
  3. (usually “the”) Alcohol, booze.
  4. Anabolic steroids.
  5. A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
  6. Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
  7. To add sauce to; to season.
  8. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.
  9. To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
  10. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
  11. The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  12. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
  13. A reporter's informant.
  14. Source code.
  15. The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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