juice

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: juice

1	n	the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
2	n	electric current

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: juice

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the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added; lemon juice
usually freshly squeezed juice of lemons; lime juice
usually freshly squeezed juice of limes; papaya juice
juice from papayas; tomato juice
the juice of tomatoes (usually bottled or canned); carrot juice
usually freshly squeezed juice of carrots; V-8 juice
brand name for canned mixed vegetable juices

Type of:: food product, foodstuff
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

“digestive juices”

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a milky substance found in certain cancerous growths; digestive fluid, digestive juice
secretions that aid digestion; gastric acid, gastric juice
digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase; pancreatic juice
a fluid secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas; important for breaking down starches and proteins and fats; bile, gall
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

Type of:: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
the liquid parts of the body

“her creative juices were flowing”

“when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice”

Type of:: current, electric current
a flow of electricity through a conductor

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