Meaning of sauce | Babel Free

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1. Acronym of Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
   countable, uncountable
3. Informal. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.
4. Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in
   Australia, India, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable
5. Informal. To utter an impertinent rejoinder:talk back, talk up.
6. Alcohol, booze.
   countable, slang, uncountable
7. a usually thick liquid that is poured over other food in order to add moisture and flavour. tomato sauce; an expert at making sauces. sous صَلْصَه، مَرَق сос molho omáčka die Soße sovs; -sovs σάλτσαsalsa kaste سس؛چاشني kastike sauceרוטב चटनी umak, sos mártás saus sósa salsa ソース 소스 padažas mērce sos saussaussos چكنى، ساس: سپين سترګتوب، دميوى قورمه molho sos соус omáčka omaka sos sås ซอส sos, terbiye 醬汁 соус چاشنی دار گاڑھی چٹنی nước chấm, nước xốt 调味汁，酱油
   usually
8. Vitality; capability or talent.
   countable, slang, uncountable
9. slightly rude. a saucy remark. parmantig وَقِح дързък descarado hubatý frech fræk; vovet αναιδήςfresco, descarado nipsakas پررويي nenäkäs impertinentחצוף ढीठ, धृष्ठ, गुस्ताख bezobrazan, drzak pimasz lancang ósvífinn impertinente 生意気な 건방진 įžūlus, akiplėšiškas pikants; nekaunīgs; bezkaunīgs lancang; kurang sopan vrijpostig nesevis, nebbet, frekkzuchwały, impertynencki سپين ستركى، سمخ سترګى، كلك سترګى descaradoдерзкий bezočivý, roztopašný predrzen mastan näsvis, uppkäftig ไร้มารยาท arsız, yüzsüz...
10. Anabolic steroids.
    countable, uncountable
11. parmantig بِوَقاحَه дръзко descaradamente drze frech frækt; vovet αναιδώς con descaro nipsakalt با پررويي nenäkkäästi avec impertinence בְּחוּצפָּה धृष्टता पूर्वक, गुस्ताखी से bezobrazno szemtelenül, hetykén dengan agak kasar, lancang með ósvífni con impertinenza 生意気に 건방지게 įžūliai nekaunīgi; bezkaunīgi dengan lancang vrijpostig nesevist, frekt zuchwale په ګستاخۍ، په سپين سترګي descaradamente cu impertinenţă дерзко bezočivo predrzno masno näsvist, uppkäftigt อย่างไม่รู้จักที่ต่ำที่สูง arsızca ...
12. A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
    countable, uncountable
13. parmantigheid وَقاحَه нахлство descaramento drzost die Frechheit frækhed; vovethed αναίδειαfrescura, descaro, desfachatez nipsakus بطور گستاخ nenäkkyys impertinenceשובבות धृष्टता, कामुकता bezobrazluk, drskost szemtelenség kelancangan ósvífni impertinenza 生意気 건방짐 įžūlumas pikantums; nekaunīgums; bezkaunīgums kelancangan vrijpostigheid nesevishet, frekkhet zuchwałość په ګستاخۍ descaramento impertinenţă дерзость bezočivosť predrznost masnoća näsvishet, uppkäftighet ความไม่รู้จักที่ต่ำที่สูง arsı...
14. Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
    countable, dated, uncountable
15. Vegetables.
    US, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
16. a deep pan usually with a long handle for boiling or stewing food. kastrol قِدْر مَعْدَني للطَّبْخ тенджера caçarola kastrol der Kochtopf kasserolle κατσαρόλι, κατσαρόλαcacerola kastrul قابلمه kasari casseroleסיר डेगची lonac za pirjanje, plitka posuda (nyeles) serpenyő panci dengan pegangan panjang skaftpottur casseruola シチューなべ 스튜 냄비 prikaistuvis (su ilga rankena) kastrolis periuk dengan tangkai panjang steelpankasserolle, grytegarnek اركاره، كړايى، تالۍ caçarola oală кастрюля kastról, rajnic...
    usually
17. Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
    UK, US, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
18. A flavorful liquid or semisolid condiment or mixture of ingredients served as a topping or other accompaniment to food.
19. Stewed fruit, usually served with other foods.
20. Something that adds zest, flavor, or piquancy.

Equivalents

Examples

“apple sauce; mint sauce”

“[Prince Paul.] […] But, believe me, you are wrong to run down cookery. For myself, the only immortality I desire is to invent a new sauce. I have never had time enough to think seriously about it, but I feel it is in me, I feel it is in me.”

“You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”

“[meat] pie and [tomato] sauce”

“Maybe you should lay off the sauce.”

“[…] she was thinking of her first husband, who was a heel to end all heels and a constant pain in the neck to her till one night he most fortunately walked into the River Thames while under the influence of the sauce and didn't come up for days.”

“I've been pretty much off the sauce during the last week, trying to get Pepper to like me again. (Horace won't drink with me any more.)”

“It's over for that guy. He lost the sauce.”

“"See here, Captain!" He planted himself squarely in front of Faramir, his hands on his hips, and a look on his face as if he was addressing a young hobbit who had offered him what he called "sauce" when questioned about visiting the orchard.”

“‘Well, you know what Matchett’s like! Just about bring herself to talk to me because I’m housemaid, but if the gardener’s boy so much as looks at ’er it’s sauce,’ said Sarah.”

“I wanted cabbage or potaters, or most any sort o' garden sarse [...]”

“[...] and all would be well only for a remark of a little boy who, when asked if he will have some more of the sauce, says he "don't want no strawberries pickled in kerosene."”

“Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers […] they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt.”

“The first night of our expedition, we boiled our meat; and I asked the landlady for a little sauce, she told me to go to the garden and take as much cabbage as I pleased, and that, boiled with the meat, was all we could eat.”

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