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Grease
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- 1 Animal fat in a melted or soft state. countable, uncountable
- 2 anything regarded as making something unclean wordnet
- 3 Any oily or fatty matter. broadly, countable, uncountable
- 4 a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) wordnet
- 5 Shorn but not yet cleansed wool. countable, uncountable
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- 6 Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis. countable, uncountable
- 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."
- 1 To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate. transitive
- 2 lubricate with grease wordnet
- 3 To bribe. informal, transitive
"the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor"
- 4 To cause to go easily; to facilitate. informal, transitive
- 5 To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. slang, transitive
"To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds."
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- 6 To extinguish the life of. slang, transitive
- 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"
- 8 To cheat or cozen; to overreach. obsolete
"You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste"
- 9 To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
- 10 To depart or slip away.
Etymology
From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.
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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