gravy

gra·vy  (grv)

n. pl. gra·vies

1.

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.

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

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gravy

Noun

pl -vies

a. the juices that come from meat during cooking

b. the sauce made by thickening and flavouring these juices [Old French gravé]

Thesaurus

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] n → salsa de carne

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gravy [ˈgreɪvɪ] n → jus m (de viande), sauce f (au jus de viande)

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gravy [ˈgreɪvɪ] n (juice) → (Braten)saft m;

(sauce) → (Braten)soße f

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gravy [ˈgreɪvɪ] n → intingolo della carne; salsa

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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, de la jugo carne lihakaste عصاره گوشت paistinkastike, paistinliemi (sauce au) jus רוֹטֶב בָּשָׂר रसा umak pecsenyelé, szaft kaldu (kjöt)sósa (sugo di carne), (a base di sugo di carne salsa) 肉汁 육즙 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