ADJ.
complete, enough, nasty, new, salty, swedish, thick
VERB + GRAVY
bought, don't, eaten, isn't, like, loves, mashed, pass
GRAVY + NOUN
curry, dinner, lingonberry, potatoes
PREP.
on, than, with, with, without
ADV.
often
noun
A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.
A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy.
Sauce used for pasta.
Curry sauce.
With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person.
Now it seems that Pa Senik was a little deaf. Awang noticed that his father-in-law sometimes poured the gravy of his curry on his rice and that sometimes he sucked it up.
Unearned gain; extra benefit.
The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.
verb
To make gravy.
I mean simply this — that the process of canning and preserving or of gravying and saucing frequently removes the most vitally essential acids and salts […]
Dola and another woman were so busy frying and grilling and buttering and gravying that they didn't even notice Bruce's existence.
An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.
Johnston claims that Reuben Nelson and another tall negro were in New Haven the night of the escape and that they broke into the lockup. Johnson further states that the next day Ne
A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.
WiktionaryThere are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy.
WiktionaryWith this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person.
WiktionaryI mean simply this — that the process of canning and preserving or of gravying and saucing frequently removes the most vitally essential acids and salts […]
WiktionaryDola and another woman were so busy frying and grilling and buttering and gravying that they didn't even notice Bruce's existence.
WiktionaryWould you like some more gravy?
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