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 prec. by the )

He's on the sauce again.

Archaic . garden vegetables eaten with meat.

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.

to make agreeable or less harsh.

Informal . to speak impertinently or saucily to.

noun

coulis , dip , dressing , flavoring , gravy , jus , relish , toppingnotes:gravy initially described a spicy sauce ; gravy now is a souplike addition to meats , sauce is for meat and pastas , etc. , and dressing is reserved for salads (and also means \'stuffing\' in the u.s.) while au jus is \'with natural juices\' , assumption , audaciousness , audacity , boldness , brashness , brazenness , cheek , cheekiness , chutzpah , discourtesy , disrespect , effrontery , face , familiarity , forwardness , gall , impertinence , impudency , incivility , insolence , nerve , nerviness , overconfidence , pertness , presumptuousness , pushiness , rudeness , sassiness , sauciness , (low) sauciness , condiment , flavor , rudenes , seasoning

verb

talk back , talk up