juice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
  2. noun energetic vitality
    • her creative juices were flowing
  3. noun electric current
    • when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice
  4. noun any of several liquids of the body
    succus.
    • digestive juices

WordNet

Juice noun
Etymology
OE. juse, F.jus broth, gravy, juice, L. jus; akin to Skr. ysha.
Definitions
  1. The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.
    An animal whose juices are unsound. Arbuthnot.
    The juice of July flowers. B. Jonson.
    The juice of Egypt's grape. Shak.
    Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon juice. Macaulay.
    Cold water draws the juice of meat. Mrs. Whitney.
Juice transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To moisten; to wet. Obs. Fuller.

Webster 1913