grease

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

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

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Noun

• (UK, US) enPR: grēs, IPA: /griːs/, SAMPA: /gri:s/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophones: Greece

Verb

• (UK) enPR: grēs, IPA: /griːs/, SAMPA: /gri:s/
• (US) enPR: grēs, grēz, IPA: /griːs/, /griːz/, SAMPA: /gri:s/, /gri:z/
• Rhymes: -iːs (UK, US)
• Rhymes: -iːz (US)

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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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• (animal fat): fat, lard

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[edit] Verb

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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• (put grease or fat on): lard
• (slang for kill or murder): bump off, hit, whack

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aeegrs
• agrees
• eagers
• eagres