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Webster 1913 Edition

Juice

Juice

(jūs)
,
Noun.
[OE.
juse
, F.
jus
broth, gravy, juice, L.
jus
; akin to Skr.
yūsha
.]
The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.
An animal whose
juices
are unsound.
Arbuthnot.
The
juice
of July flowers.
B. Jonson.
The
juice
of Egypt’s grape.
Shakespeare
Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon
juice
.
Macaulay.
Cold water draws the
juice
of meat.
Mrs. Whitney.

Juice

(jūs)
,
Verb.
T.
To moisten; to wet.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Juice

JUICE

Definition 2024

juice

juice

See also: JUICE

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒus/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

juice ‎(usually uncountable, plural juices)

  1. (uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
    Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.
  2. (countable) A beverage made of juice.
    I’d like two orange juices please.
  3. (uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.
  4. (Scotland) A soft drink.
  5. (uncountable, slang) Electricity.
  6. (uncountable, slang) Liquor.
  7. (uncountable, slang) Political power.
  8. (uncountable, slang) Petrol; gasoline.
  9. (uncountable, slang) Vitality.
  10. (uncountable, slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
  11. (uncountable, slang) Steroids.
  12. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) Semen.
  13. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) The vaginal lubrication that a woman naturally produces when sexually aroused.
  14. (uncountable, slang) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
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Verb

juice ‎(third-person singular simple present juices, present participle juicing, simple past and past participle juiced)

  1. (transitive) To extract the juice from something.
  2. (transitive) To energize or stimulate something.
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Etymology 2

Dialectal spelling of Jew's, a particle of unclear origin. See Jew's harp for more.

Adjective

juice ‎(not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English juice.

Noun

juice c (singular definite juicen, not used in plural form)

  1. Juice.
  2. A container containing juice.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin jus, via English juice

Alternative forms

Noun

juice m ‎(definite singular juicen, indefinite plural juicer, definite plural juicene)

  1. juice

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin jus, via English juice

Alternative forms

Noun

juice m ‎(definite singular juicen, indefinite plural juicar, definite plural juicane)

  1. juice

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Swedish

Noun

juice c

  1. fruit juice

Declension

Inflection of juice 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative juice juicen juicer juicerna
Genitive juices juicens juicers juicernas

See also

Etymology

From Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs ‎(“broth, soup, sauce”). Displaced native Middle English wos, woos ‎(“juice”), from Old English wōs ‎(“juice”).

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