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Synonyms
sauce (sôs)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin* salsa, from Latin feminine of salsus past participle of sallere, to salt.]

noun 

  1. A flavorful seasoning or relish served as an accompaniment to food, especially a liquid dressing or topping for food.
  2. Stewed fruit, usually served with other foods.
  3. Something that adds zest, flavor, or piquancy.
  4. Informal Impudent speech or behavior; impertinence or sauciness.
  5. Slang Alcoholic liquor.

transitive verb: sauced, sauc·ing, sauc·es. 

  1. To season or flavor with sauce.
  2. To add piquancy or zest to.
  3. Informal To be impertinent or impudent to.