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gra·vy

(grā′vē)

n. pl. gra·vies

a. The juices that drip from cooking meat.

b. A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices.

2. Slang

a. Money, profit, or benefit easily or illicitly gained.

b. Payment or benefit in excess of what is expected or required.

[Middle English grave, from Old French, possibly a misreading of grane, stew, sauce, from Latin grānātus, having many seeds; see pomegranate.]

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gravy

(ˈɡreɪvɪ)

n, pl -vies

1. (Cookery)

a. the juices that exude from meat during cooking

b. the sauce made by thickening and flavouring such juices

2. slang money or gain acquired with little effort, esp above that needed for ordinary living

3. slang wonderful; excellent: it's all gravy.

[C14: from Old French gravé, of uncertain origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

gra•vy

(ˈgreɪ vi)

n., pl. -vies.

1. the fat and juices of cooked meat, often thickened and seasoned and used as a sauce.

2. Slang.

a. profit or money easily, unexpectedly, or illegally obtained.

b. something advantageous or valuable obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.

[1350–1400; < Old French gravé, perhaps misreading of grané (compare grain spice) < Latin granātus full of grains. See grain, -ate¹]

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Noun	1.	gravy - a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats sauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
	2.	gravy - the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added pan gravy juice - the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
	3.	gravy - 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" bunce, godsend, gold rush, manna from heaven, windfall, bonanza, boom happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens

Translations

مَرَقمَرَق اللحْم

omáčkašťáva

sovsskyskysovs

Soße Bratensauce

ζωμός σάλτσα

jugo de la carne salsa

hõlptululihakaste

مرقیخنی

kastikeonnenpotku

sauce sauce au jus jus

umak

szafthúslé

sósa

sugo sugo di carne salsa

グレービーソース

그레이비

iussucus

mērce

šťava

såssky

น้ำที่หยดออกมาจากเนื้อ

et sosuet suyu

nước thịt

肉汁

gravy

[ˈgreɪvɪ]

A. N

1. (Culin) → salsa f de carne, gravy m

2. (US) (= easy money) → dinero m fácil

B. CPD gravy boat N → salsera f
gravy train N (fig) → dinero m fácil
to get on the gravy train → pillar un chollo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gravy

[ˈgreɪvi] n → sauce f (au jus de viande)gravy boat n → saucière fgravy train n
to ride the gravy train, to be on the gravy train → avoir une bonne planque

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gravy

(Cook: = juice) → Fleisch- or Bratensaft m; (= sauce) → Soße f

(inf: = perks) → Spesen pl; (= corrupt money) → Schmiergelder pl (inf); to get on the gravy train → auch ein Stück vom Kuchen abbekommen (inf); to ride on the gravy train → locker Geld machen (inf)

gravy

gravy boat

n → Sauciere f, → Soßenschüssel f

gravy train

n (inf) to climb or get on the gravy → leicht ans große Geld kommen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gravy

[ˈgreɪvɪ] n (Culin) → sugo dell'arrosto, intingolo della carne

gravy

(ˈgreivi) – plural ˈgravies – noun

(a sauce made from) the juices from meat that is cooking.

gravy

→ مَرَق omáčka sovs Soße σάλτσα jugo de la carne kastike sauce umak sugo di carne グレービーソース 그레이비 jus saus sos do pieczeni molho de carne подливка sky น้ำที่หยดออกมาจากเนื้อ et sosu nước thịt 肉汁

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