Advertisement
Advertisement
grease
[ noun grees; verb grees, greez ]
noun
- the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state:
She always saves the bacon grease to fry her eggs and potatoes in.
- fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant:
The auto mechanic鈥檚 overalls were stained with engine grease and motor oil.
The golfer admitted to using a little grease on the face of his driver to reduce sidespin.
- Informal. a bribe.
- Also called grease wool [grees, w, oo, l]. shorn wool before being cleaned of the oily matter.
- Also called grease-heel [grees, -heel]. Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of a horse's skin in the fetlock region, accompanied by an oily secretion.
verb (used with object)
- to lubricate by putting a fatty or oily substance on:
I think I need to grease my bike chain a little鈥攊t鈥檚 not moving smoothly.
- to smear or cover with a fatty or oily substance:
Grease the baking sheet before spooning the dough onto it.
In pioneer days they sometimes made windows out of greased paper.
- to cause to occur easily or smoothly; facilitate:
Extra incentives were offered to grease the trade deal.
If it looks like it鈥檒l be an awkward social engagement, he has a stiff drink first to grease the proceedings.
- Informal. to bribe.
grease
noun
- animal fat in a soft or melted condition
- any thick fatty oil, esp one used as a lubricant for machinery, etc
- Also calledgrease wool shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
- Also calledseborrhoea vet science inflammation of the skin of horses around the fetlocks, usually covered with an oily secretion
verb
- to soil, coat, or lubricate with grease
- to ease the course of
his education greased his path to success
- grease the palm of or grease the hand of slang.to bribe; influence by giving money to
Derived Forms
- 藞驳谤别补蝉别濒别蝉蝉, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 驳谤别补蝉别路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
- 驳谤别补蝉别路濒别蝉蝉路ness noun
- 驳谤别补蝉别路辫谤辞辞蹿 adjective
- 谤别路驳谤别补蝉别 verb (used with object) regreased regreasing
- 耻苍路驳谤别补蝉别诲 adjective
- well-greased adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of grease1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of grease1
Idioms and Phrases
- grease (someone's) palm, to bribe:
The only way to get a permit in this town is to grease the commissioner's palm.
More idioms and phrases containing grease
- elbow grease
- like greased lightning
- squeaky wheel gets the grease
Example Sentences
It is important to have paper towels, not just a cooling rack, because they pull the excess grease off, making whatever you fry even more perfect.
And though it was only grease for the wheels, it was a start.
But as Douthat knows, some pretense is always necessary to grease the wheels of personal relations, especially of diplomacy.
A "large" sewer blockage caused by "fat, grease and rags" has forced the cancellation of a Bryan Adams concert in Australia on public health grounds.
Imagine, a Kansas City Chiefs bar in the City of Brotherly Love, where authorities have to grease the light poles to keep jubilant Eagles fans from climbing them 鈥 and even that doesn鈥檛 work.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse