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Sauce
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
sauces
Examples
My mother made a creamy béchamel sauce for the lasagna.
02
extra flair or swagger in one's style or presentation
Slang
Examples
That outfit 's got some serious sauce.
to sauce
01
to enhance the flavor or appeal of something by adding a flavorful liquid
Transitive: to sauce food
Examples
She sauced the pasta with a rich tomato sauce for extra flavor.
02
to make something more lively, exciting, or interesting
Transitive: to sauce sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
sauce
3rd person singular
sauces
Present participle
saucing
Past simple
sauced
Past participle
sauced
Examples
He decided to sauce the party with a live band to make it more memorable.
03
to speak or behave in a disrespectful or cheeky manner toward someone
Transitive: to sauce sb
Examples
He had the nerve to sauce his teacher when she asked him to stay after class.
Lexical Tree
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