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1. (n.) gravy
the fat and juices of cooked meat, often thickened and seasoned and used as a sauce.
2. gravy
Slang.
3. gravy
profit or money easily, unexpectedly, or illegally obtained.
4. gravy
something advantageous or valuable obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < OF gravé, perh. misreading of grané (cf. grain spice) < L granātus full of grains. See grain , -ate1)
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1. (noun) gravy
a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
2. (noun) gravy, pan gravy
the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
3. (noun) boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Gravy
the juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up
2. (noun) Gravy
liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc
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Sense: (a sauce made from) the juices from meat that is cooking.
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 Afrikaans: vleissous |
 Arabic: مَرَق اللحْم |
 Bulgarian: сок от печено месо |
 Brazilian: molho |
 Czech: šťáva (z masa) |
 German: die Bratensauce |
 Danish: sky; sovs; skysovs |
 Greek: σάλτσα κρέατος |
 Spanish: salsa de carne, jugo de l |
 Estonian: lihakaste |
 Farsi: عصاره گوشت |
 Finnish: kastike |
 French: (sauce au) jus |
 Hebrew: רוֹטֶב בָּשָׂר |
 Hindi: रसा |
 Croatian: umak |
 Hungarian: pecsenyelé, szaft |
 Indonesian: kaldu |
 Icelandic: (kjöt)sósa |
 Italian: (sugo di carne), (salsa a |
 Japanese: 肉汁 |
 Korean: 고기 국물 |
 Lithuanian: padažas |
 Latvian: (gaļas) mērce |
 Malay: kuah |
 Dutch: jus |
 Norwegian: saus, kjøttsaft, sjy |
 Polish: sos mięsny |
 Persian: عصاره گوشت |
 Pashto: دغوښې لعاب، ټينګه ښوروا |
 Portuguese: molho |
 Romanian: sos |
 Russian: подлива |
 Slovak: šťava (z mäsa), omáčka |
 Slovenian: mesni sok |
 Serbian: moča |
 Swedish: köttsaft, sky |
 Thai: น้ำเกรวี่สำหรับราดอาหาร |
 Turkish: et suyu |
 Taiwanese: 肉汁 |
 Ukrainian: підливка, соус |
 Urdu: مسالے دار شوربہ |
 Vietnamese: nước thịt |
 Chinese: 肉汁 |
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