Soy

n.	1.	A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
	2.	(Bot.) The soybean.

Noun	1.	soy - a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food Synonyms: soya bean, soybean
	2.	soy - erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soya, soybean plant, soya bean, soybean
	3.	soy - thin sauce made of fermented soy beans Synonyms: soy sauce
	4.	soy - most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known Synonyms: soybean

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