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Definition of Grease

1. Verb. Lubricate with grease. "Grease the wheels"

2. Noun. A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery).

3. Noun. The state of being covered with unclean things.

Definition of Grease

1. n. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

2. v. t. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

Definition of Grease

1. Noun. Animal fat in a melted or soft state ¹

2. Noun. (context: extension) Any oily or fatty matter. ¹

3. Noun. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool ¹

4. Noun. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive informal) To bribe. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive slang aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive slang) To kill, murder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grease

1. to smear with grease (a lubricating substance) [v GREASED, GREASING, GREASES]

Medical Definition of Grease

1. 1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon. 2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents. "The greased advocate that grinds the poor." (Dryden) 3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. 4. (Ear) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. To grease in the hand, to corrupt by bribes. Origin: Greased; Greasing. 1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind. 2. An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. Grease bush. A scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione. Origin: OE. Grese, grece, F. Graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. Grassus thick, fat, gross, L. Crassus. Cf. Crass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grease

grazable graze grazeable grazed grazer grazers grazes grazier graziers grazing

grazing fire grazing land grazingly grazings grazioso grease (current term) grease-gun grease-monkey grease gun grease guns

grease heel grease money grease monkey grease monkeys grease nipple grease one's palms grease payment grease pit grease pits grease someone's palm

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