juice

juice1 [ dʒus ] noun **

1. ) count or uncount the liquid that comes out of fruit or vegetables when you squeeze them, often used as a drink:

orange/apple/carrot juice

a selection of fruit juices

a ) the liquid that comes out of something, especially meat, when you cook it:

Let the steak cook in its own juices for ten minutes.

b ) the liquid inside your stomach that helps you DIGEST food (=change food into substances your body can use):

digestive/gastric juices

2. ) uncount INFORMAL something such as fuel or electricity that makes a motor or machine work

someone's competitive/creative etc. juices

the feelings that someone has of wanting to compete, create something, etc.

juice

juice 2 [ dʒus ] verb transitive

to make juice from a fruit or vegetable:

Juice three oranges and add them to the mixture.

,juice `up phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

to improve something by making it more interesting, attractive, or powerful:

Certain scenes were juiced up for commercial purposes.