<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food</li><li>stewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food: cranberry sauce</li><li>something that adds piquance or zest</li><li>Informal: sauciness; impertinence; impudence</li><li>Slang: Usually the sauce</li><li>hard liquor: He's on the sauce again</li><li>Archaic: garden vegetables eaten with meat</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to dress or prepare with sauce; season: meat well sauced</li><li>to make a sauce of: Tomatoes must be sauced while ripe</li><li>to give piquance or zest to</li><li>to make agreeable or less harsh</li><li>Informal: to speak impertinently or saucily</li></ul>