Meaning of GRAVY
| Pronunciation: | | 'greyvee
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- [n] basically the juices that drip from cooking meats
- [n] a sudden unexpected piece of good fortune
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| | Synonyms: | | bunce, godsend, windfall |
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| | See Also: | | bonus, incentive, pan gravy, sauce | |
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| | Definition: | | \Gra"vy\, n.; pl. {Gravies}. [OE. greavie; prob. fr.
greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See
{Greaves}.]
1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in
cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.
2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are Seeing or eating gravy, foretells of failing health or disappointing business. |
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| | Related Terms: | | allemande, bonus, bonus system, bounty, bourguignonne, bribe, brown sauce, buried treasure, Colbert, consideration, cream sauce, discovery, donative, double time, egg sauce, espagnole, fee, find, finding, foundling, fringe benefit, gratuity, grease, honorarium, incentive pay, inducement, lagniappe, largess, liberality, marinara, mole, overtime pay, palm oil, paprika sauce, pepper sauce, perks, perquisite, perquisites, poulette, pourboire, premium, roux, salve, shallot sauce, Smitane, solatium, something extra, Soubise, sportula, sweetener, tip, treasure trove, Trinkgeld, trouvaille, trove, waifs, waifs and strays, windfall, windfall money, windfall profit |
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