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