grease

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From Anglo-Norman grece, from Old French graisse, from Latin crassus (fat, thick).

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Verb

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Singular
grease

Plural
greases

grease (plural greases)

  1. Animal fat in a melted or soft state
  2. (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
  3. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
  4. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

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Infinitive
to grease

Third person singular
greases

Simple past
greased

Past participle
greased

Present participle
greasing

to grease (third-person singular simple present greases, present participle greasing, simple past and past participle greased)

  1. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
  2. (transitive) To bribe.
  3. (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
    To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
  4. (transitive, slang) To kill, murder.
    Fatcats who can't be greased by the mob's money are greased the hard way.

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