— sauceless , adj.
/saws/ , n. , v. , sauced, saucing .
n.
1. any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
2. stewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food: cranberry sauce.
3. something that adds piquance or zest.
4. Informal. impertinence; sauciness.
5. Slang. hard liquor (usually prec. by the ): He's on the sauce again.
6. Archaic. garden vegetables eaten with meat.
v.t.
7. to dress or prepare with sauce; season: meat well sauced.
8. to make a sauce of: Tomatoes must be sauced while ripe.
9. to give piquance or zest to.
10. to make agreeable or less harsh.
11. Informal. to speak impertinently or saucily to.
[ 1300-50; ME salsa, n. use of fem. of L salsus salted, ptp. of sallere to salt, deriv. of sal SALT ]