JUICE


Meaning of JUICE in English

I. juice 1 S2 /dʒuːs/ BrE AmE noun

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ juice , ↑ juicer , ↑ juiciness ; verb : ↑ juice ; adjective : ↑ juicy ]

[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: jus , from Latin ]

1 . [uncountable and countable] the liquid that comes from fruit and vegetables, or a drink that is made from this:

a carton of orange juice

A Coke and a tomato juice, please.

2 . [countable usually plural] the liquid that comes out of meat when it is cooked

3 . gastric/digestive juice(s) the liquid inside your stomach that helps you to ↑ digest food

4 . [uncountable] informal something that produces power, such as petrol or electricity:

Okay, turn on the juice.

⇨ stew in your own juice at ↑ stew 2 (2)

II. juice 2 BrE AmE verb

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ juice , ↑ juicer , ↑ juiciness ; verb : ↑ juice ; adjective : ↑ juicy ]

[transitive] to get the juice out of fruit or vegetables

juice something ↔ up phrasal verb

American English informal to make something more interesting or exciting

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.