Usually means: Rice porridge, Asian comfort food.
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  1. congee: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. congee: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. congee: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. congee: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. congee: Wiktionary
  8. congee: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Congee, congee: Dictionary.com
  11. Congee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Congee: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. congee: Rhymezone
  14. Congee: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. congee: Free Dictionary
  16. congee: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. congee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. congee: Dictionary/thesaurus

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(Note: See congeeing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (congee)

noun:  Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
noun:  (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
noun:  (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
noun:  (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
noun:  (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
noun:  (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
verb:  (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
verb:  (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
verb:  (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
noun:  (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

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