braise vs suffuse

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

suffuse

verb
  • To pour underneath. 

  • To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid. 

  • To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. 

adj
  • Suffused; diffuse. 

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