grease
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman grece, from Old French graisse, from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Noun
- (UK, US) enPR: grēs, IPA: /ɡriːs/, X-SAMPA: /gri:s/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːs
- Homophone: Greece
- Verb
- (UK) enPR: grēs, IPA: /ɡriːs/, X-SAMPA: /gri:s/
- (US) enPR: grēs, grēz, IPA: /ɡriːs/, /ɡriːz/, X-SAMPA: /gri:s/, /gri:z/
- Rhymes: -iːs (UK, US)
- Rhymes: -iːz (US)
Noun [edit]
grease (plural greases)
- Animal fat in a melted or soft state
- (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
- Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
- Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the noun "grease"
Translations [edit]
animal fat
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oily or fatty matter
Verb [edit]
grease (third-person singular simple present greases, present participle greasing, simple past and past participle greased)
- (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe.
- 2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri:
- Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.
- 2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery:
- His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.
- 2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri:
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
- To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
- (transitive, slang) To kill, murder.
- Fatcats who can't be greased by the mob's money are greased the hard way.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the verb "grease"
Translations [edit]
put grease or fat on something
to bribe
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