Grease

//ɡɹis// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Animal fat in a melted or soft state. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    anything regarded as making something unclean wordnet
  3. 3
    Any oily or fatty matter. broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) wordnet
  5. 5
    Shorn but not yet cleansed wool. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Money. countable, slang, uncountable

    "Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of."

Verb
  1. 1
    To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate. transitive
  2. 2
    lubricate with grease wordnet
  3. 3
    To bribe. informal, transitive

    "the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor"

  4. 4
    To cause to go easily; to facilitate. informal, transitive
  5. 5
    To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. slang, transitive

    "To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds."

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  1. 6
    To extinguish the life of. slang, transitive
  2. 7
    To have sexual intercourse with. slang, transitive

    "I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy He a blood, why the fuck I’m greasin his bitty"

  3. 8
    To cheat or cozen; to overreach. obsolete

    "You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste"

  4. 9
    To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
  5. 10
    To depart or slip away.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

Etymology 2

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

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