Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make gravy.

Examples

28 sentences

  1. Tom asked Mary to pass him the gravy.

    Том попросив Мері подати йому соус. — deniko

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  2. Is there enough gravy?

    Чи достатньо соусу? — deniko

    ruСоуса достаточно? — odexed

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  3. Would you like some more gravy?

    deMöchtest du noch etwas mehr Sauce? — Fingerhut

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  4. Tom likes mashed potatoes with gravy.

    ruТом любит картофельное пюре с подливой. — Wezel

    deTom isst gerne Kartoffelbrei mit Bratensoße. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Mashed potatoes are often eaten with gravy.

    ruКартофельное пюре часто подается с подливой. — kawaii

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Origin

From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment o

From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), or from Old French grave, a claimed misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”).

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Forms

gravies, gravying, gravied, gravied
Base formgravy · to gravy
3rd person singulargravies
Present participlegravying
Past simplegravied
Past participlegravied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygravy
he, she, itgravies

Past simpleLesson

all personsgravied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gravied
he, she, ithas gravied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gravy

Word family

2 related words
RelatedsauceA2brown sauce

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gravitateC2gravitationB2gravitationalC2gravitygrayA1grayish
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