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grease
[ noun grees; verb grees, greez ]
/ noun gris; verb gris, griz /
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noun
verb (used with object), greased, greasing.
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Idioms about grease
grease someone's palm. palm1 (def. 19).
Origin of grease
1250–1300; Middle English grese, grece, greice<Anglo-French grece, gresse,Old French craisse (French graisse) <Vulgar Latin *crassia, equivalent to Latin crass(us) fat, thick + -ia noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM grease
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH grease
grease , GreeceWords nearby grease
grazing, grazioso, GRB, Gr. Br., GRE, grease, greaseball, grease cup, grease gun, grease monkey, grease nipple
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British Dictionary definitions for grease
grease
noun (ɡriːs, ɡriːz)
animal fat in a soft or melted condition
any thick fatty oil, esp one used as a lubricant for machinery, etc
Also called: grease wool shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
Also called: seborrhoea vet science inflammation of the skin of horses around the fetlocks, usually covered with an oily secretion
verb (ɡriːz, ɡriːs) (tr)
Derived forms of grease
greaseless, adjectiveWord Origin for grease
C13: from Old French craisse, from Latin crassus thick
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