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Definition of Degrease
1. Verb. Remove grease or oil from (a pan).
Definition of Degrease
1. v. t. To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk.
Definition of Degrease
1. Verb. To remove grease from something ¹
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Definition of Degrease
1. to remove the grease from [v -GREASED, -GREASING, -GREASES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Degrease
Literary usage of Degrease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to Cleaner Technologies: Cleaning and Degreasing Process Changes by Douglas Williams (1994)
"In addition, the cost of applying the new technology relative to the cost of
similar technologies needs to be considered. Why Clean and degrease? ..."
2. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal: A Textbook by Leonard Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1922)
"The best way to degrease the dried sludge appears to be by naphtha percolation,
a process somewhat dangerous and not likely to prove advisable unless the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"Although the early attempts to degrease wool by the use of volatile solvents
resulted in complete failure, many practical incentives sufficed to keep ..."
4. Taxidermy by Leon Luther Pray (1913)
"To clean and degrease a bird skin which requires such treatment to prepare for
mounting, wash it first in lukewarm ammonia water with mild soap. ..."
5. Lectures on the Elements of Political Economy by Thomas Cooper (1826)
"The woollen manufacture, linen, cotton, beef, ver- degrease, gunpowder, leather,
silk, sail-cloth and cordage, chip and straw manufactures, whale, cod, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Conference on Inclusion Guidelines and Accommodations for by Diane August, Edith McArthur (1998)
"As a further degrease in language loading semantic (vocabulary) simplification
might also be beneficial. There was discussion about whether to simplify ..."