juice

I. juice¹ 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 ↑stew²(2)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

juice

juice [juice juices juiced juicing] noun, verb [dʒuːs] [dʒuːs]

noun
1. uncountable, countable the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables; a drink made from this
• Add the juice of two lemons.
• a carton of apple juice

• Two orange juices, please.

2. countable, usually plural, uncountable the liquid that comes out of a piece of meat when it is cooked

• Use the juices of the meat to make gravy.

3. countable, usually plural the liquid in the stomach that helps you to digest food

• digestive/gastric juices

4. uncountable (informal, especially BrE) petrol/gas

5. uncountable (NAmE, informal) electricity
see let sb stew in their own juice at stew _v.
Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin jus ‘broth, vegetable juice’.
Example Bank:
• Sprinkle the avocado slices with lemon juice.
• The juice from the meat is used to make the sauce.
• the grated rind and juice of two lemons

Derived: juice something up

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

juice / dʒuːs / noun (LIQUID)

A1 [ U ] the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables:

orange/lemon/grapefruit/carrot juice

a carton of apple juice

juices the liquid in meat:

Fry the meat first to seal in the juices.

juice / dʒuːs / noun [ U ] US slang (POWER)

power or influence:

My cousin Gianni's got all the juice in this neighborhood.

juice / dʒuːs / noun (ABILITY)

juices informal energy:

This early in the morning it's hard to get the creative juices flowing (= to start thinking of good ideas) .

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

juice

/dʒu:s/
(juices)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
Juice is the liquid that can be obtained from a fruit.
...fresh orange juice...
N-MASS: usu with supp

2.
The juices of a piece of meat are the liquid that comes out of it when you cook it.
When cooked, drain off the juices and put the meat in a processor or mincer.
N-PLURAL

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

¹juice /ˈʤuːs/ noun, pl juic·es
1 a : the liquid part that can be squeezed out of vegetables and fruits

[noncount]
• a glass of apple/orange/carrot juice

[count]
• a variety of fruit juices
b : the liquid part of meat

[noncount]
• the juice of a steak

[plural]

• gravy made with real beef juices
2 [noncount] informal : something (such as electricity) that provides power
• Turn on the juice.
• His camera ran out of juice because he forgot to replace the battery.
3 [count] : the natural fluids in your stomach - usually plural
• digestive/gastric/stomach juices
4 [plural] informal : energy that gives you the ability to do something in a very effective way - used with flow
• He can be very tough to beat when he gets his competitive juices flowing.
• She came up with some great ideas when her creative juices started flowing.
stew in your own juice/juices
- see ²stew