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noun flavour for food ADJ. ground | mixed | exotic SPICE + NOUN mix/mixture | cupboard, jar, rack PHRASES herbs and spices excitement and interest VERB + SPICE add, give The romance added spice to the holiday., verb PREP. with Their bread is spiced with cinnamon. PHRASES heavily/highly spiced I don't really like highly spiced food. | lightly spiced a dish of lightly spiced rice
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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spice sth up
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to add excitement or interest to a speech, story or performance
• He'd spiced up his speech with a few rude jokes.
• It was one of those articles on how to spice up your sex life.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs