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liquor

USLIK-er/ˈlɪk.ɚ/UKLIK-uh/ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/

Pluralliquors

Verbliquors, liquoring, liquored

10 meanings of liquor

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  1. 1
    strong alcoholnounAustraliaCanadaUScountable or uncountable
    Strong drink with a lot of alcohol in it, or sometimes any drink with alcohol.

    My uncle keeps his liquor in a locked cabinet.

    The corner store sells beer, wine and liquor.

    Similarspirits

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  2. 2
    cooking juicesnoununcountable
    The liquid left after you cook meat or vegetables.

    Keep the liquor from the beans to make soup later.

    Grandma dipped her bread in the liquor from the pot of greens.

    Similarstock, broth, bouillon

  3. 3
    steeping liquidnoununcountable
    The liquid that something has been soaking in.

    Soak the dried fruit overnight and keep the liquor for the cake.

    The tea leaves made a dark brown liquor in the cup.

    Similarliquid, infusion

  4. 4
    drink heavilyverbintransitive
    To drink strong alcohol, usually too much of it.

    They like to liquor up on Friday nights.

    The men liquored up before the big game.

    Similarbooze, drink

  5. 5
    make drunkverbtransitive
    To give someone a lot of alcohol to drink, usually too much.

    Don't let them liquor you up before the game.

    The hosts liquored up their guests with free drinks all night.

  6. 6
    parsley saucenounUKuncountable
    A green parsley sauce that people in Britain eat with pie and mashed potatoes.

    We had pie, mash and liquor at the café on the corner.

    Pour plenty of liquor over the mash.

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  7. 7
    industrial liquidnouncountable or uncountable
    In some factories, a liquid where a needed chemical change happens, such as one that breaks down wood.

    The wood is cooked in a strong liquor until it falls apart.

    Workers check the liquor in each tank every hour.

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  1. 8
    any drinknounobsoletecountable or uncountable
    Any liquid that you can drink.

    Milk was the only liquor the children had at supper.

    The nurse gave him a warm liquor of honey and water.

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  2. 9
    any liquidnounobsoletecountable or uncountable
    A liquid of any kind.

    The cut branch dripped a sweet, sticky liquor.

    Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."
    1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of PersiaHere, liquor means the liquid or fluid in the cup.
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  3. 10
    greaseverbobsoletetransitive
    To put grease on something.

    He liquored the old door hinge so it would stop squeaking.

    Liquor fishermen's boots.
    c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”Here, liquor means to grease, so to rub grease on boots.
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Origin

From Latin liquor, "a liquid".