grease
noun
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
had been greasing
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past perfect progressiveof grease.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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You’re hands looked as if you had been greasing a No. 19 bus.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2012
The stranger inspected a pair of hands that looked as if they had been greasing axles.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
