1. Flavourful relish, dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
   "She prepared a creamy béarnaise sauce to accompany the steak"
    
2. [Brit, informal] An impudent statement
   "The child's sauce amused some but annoyed others";
   - impudence, cheek, impertinence
    
3. Cheek, impertinence
   "The teenager's sauce earned him a stern lecture from his teacher"

1. (cooking) dress (food) with a relish
   "The chef sauced the pasta with a rich tomato reduction"
    
2. Add zest or flavour to, make more interesting
   "sauce the roast"
    
3. Behave saucily or impudently towards
   "The cheeky student sauced the teacher, earning himself a detention"

Sounds like: sane, seine, Seine, sauce

Derived forms: saucing, sauces, sauced

Type of: acquit, act, alter, bear, behave, carry, change, comport, condiment, conduct, deport, discourtesy, disrespect, do, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], modify

Part of: dish

Encyclopedia: Sauce, Uruguay