juice

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