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gra·vy (gr

)

n. pl. gra·vies

a. The juices that drip from cooking meat.

b. A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices.

2. Slang

a. Money, profit, or benefit easily or illicitly gained.

b. Payment or benefit in excess of what is expected or required.

[Middle English grave, from Old French, possibly a misreading of grane, stew, sauce, from Latin grntus, having many seeds; see pomegranate.]

gravy [ˈgreɪvɪ]

n pl -vies

1. (Cookery)

a. the juices that exude from meat during cooking

b. the sauce made by thickening and flavouring such juices

2. Slang money or gain acquired with little effort, esp above that needed for ordinary living

3. Slang wonderful; excellent it's all gravy

[from Old French gravé, of uncertain origin]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	gravy - a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats sauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
	2.	gravy - the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added pan gravy juice - the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
	3.	gravy - a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" bunce, godsend, gold rush, manna from heaven, windfall, bonanza, boom happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens

Translations

gravy [ˈgreɪvɪ]

A. N

1. (Culin) → salsa f de carne, gravy m

2. (US) (= easy money) → dinero m fácil

B. CPD gravy boat N → salsera f
gravy train N (fig) → dinero m fácil
to get on the gravy train → pillar un chollo

gravy [ˈgreɪvi] n → sauce f (au jus de viande)
gravy boat n → saucière f
gravy train n
to ride the gravy train, to be on the gravy train → avoir une bonne planque

gravy

(Cook: = juice) → Fleisch- or Bratensaft m; (= sauce) → Soße f

(inf: = perks) → Spesen pl; (= corrupt money) → Schmiergelder pl (inf); to get on the gravy train → auch ein Stück vom Kuchen abbekommen (inf); to ride on the gravy train → locker Geld machen (inf)

gravy:

gravy boat

n → Sauciere f, → Soßenschüssel f

gravy train

n (inf) to climb or get on the gravy → leicht ans große Geld kommen

gravy [ˈgreɪvɪ] n (Culin) → sugo dell'arrosto, intingolo della carne

gravy

n gravy [ˈgreivi]

(a sauce made from) the juices from meat that is cooking. vleissous مَرَق اللحْم сок от печено месо šťáva (z masa) sky; sovs; skysovs die Bratensauce σάλτσα κρέατος salsa de carne, jugo de la carne lihakaste عصاره گوشت kastike (sauce au) jus רוֹטֶב בָּשָׂר रसा umak pecsenyelé, szaft kaldu (kjöt)sósa (sugo di carne), (salsa a base di sugo di carne) 肉汁 고기 국물 padažas (gaļas) mērce kuah jus saus, kjøttsaft, sjy sos mięsny molho sos подлива šťava (z mäsa), omáčka mesni sok moča köttsaft, sky น้ำเกรวี่สำหรับราดอาหาร et suyu 肉汁 підливка, соус مسالے دار شوربہ nước thịt 肉汁

gravy → مرقة اللحم omáčka sovs Soße σάλτσα jugo de la carne kastike sauce sos sugo di carne グレービーソース 그레이비 jus saus sos do pieczeni molho de carne подливка sky น้ำที่หยดออกมาจากเนื้อ et sosu nước thịt 肉汁

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