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grease

(grēs)

1. Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.

2. A thick oil or viscous substance, especially when used as a lubricant.

a. The oily substance present in raw wool; suint.

b. Raw wool that has not been cleansed of this oily substance.

4. Slang Something, such as money or influence, that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire: accepted some grease to fix the outcome of the race.

tr.v. (grēs, grēz) greased, greas·ing, greas·es

1. To coat, smear, or soil with grease: greased the pie pan.

2. To lubricate with grease.

3. To facilitate the progress of.

4. Slang To kill. See Note at greasy.

Idiom:

grease (someone's) palm/hand Slang

To bribe.

[Middle English grese, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus, fat, thick.]

grease′less adj.

grease′proof′ adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

grease

1. (Cookery) animal fat in a soft or melted condition

2. (General Engineering) any thick fatty oil, esp one used as a lubricant for machinery, etc

3. (Agriculture) shorn fleece before it has been cleaned

4. (Veterinary Science) vet science Also called: seborrhoea inflammation of the skin of horses around the fetlocks, usually covered with an oily secretion

vb (tr)

5. to soil, coat, or lubricate with grease

6. to ease the course of: his education greased his path to success.

7. grease the palm of grease the hand of slang to influence by giving money to; bribe

[C13: from Old French craisse, from Latin crassus thick]

ˈgreaseless adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

grease

(n. gris; v. gris, griz)

n., v. greased, greas•ing. n.

1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, esp. when in a soft state.

2. fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant.

3. Also called grease′ wool`. wool, as shorn, before being cleansed of the oily matter.

4. Informal. a bribe.

v.t.

5. to put grease on: to grease the axle of a car.

6. to smear or cover with grease.

7. to cause to occur easily; smooth the way.

8. Informal. to bribe.

Idioms:

grease someone's palm or hand, to give someone money as a bribe.

[1250–1300; < Old French craisse « Latin crassus fat, thick]

grease′less, adj.

grease′proof`, adj.

grease

Past participle: greased
Gerund: greasing

Imperative
grease
grease

Present
I grease
you grease
he/she/it greases
we grease
you grease
they grease

Preterite
I greased
you greased
he/she/it greased
we greased
you greased
they greased

Present Continuous
I am greasing
you are greasing
he/she/it is greasing
we are greasing
you are greasing
they are greasing

Present Perfect
I have greased
you have greased
he/she/it has greased
we have greased
you have greased
they have greased

Past Continuous
I was greasing
you were greasing
he/she/it was greasing
we were greasing
you were greasing
they were greasing

Past Perfect
I had greased
you had greased
he/she/it had greased
we had greased
you had greased
they had greased

Future
I will grease
you will grease
he/she/it will grease
we will grease
you will grease
they will grease

Future Perfect
I will have greased
you will have greased
he/she/it will have greased
we will have greased
you will have greased
they will have greased

Future Continuous
I will be greasing
you will be greasing
he/she/it will be greasing
we will be greasing
you will be greasing
they will be greasing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been greasing
you have been greasing
he/she/it has been greasing
we have been greasing
you have been greasing
they have been greasing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been greasing
you will have been greasing
he/she/it will have been greasing
we will have been greasing
you will have been greasing
they will have been greasing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been greasing
you had been greasing
he/she/it had been greasing
we had been greasing
you had been greasing
they had been greasing

Conditional
I would grease
you would grease
he/she/it would grease
we would grease
you would grease
they would grease

Past Conditional
I would have greased
you would have greased
he/she/it would have greased
we would have greased
you would have greased
they would have greased

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

grease

To coat the inside of a pan or dish with fat.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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Noun	1.	grease - a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) lubricating oil axle grease - a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
	2.	grease - the state of being covered with unclean things grime, grunge, soil, dirt, filth, stain dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
Verb	1.	grease - lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

Translations

شَحْممادّة زيتيَّهيُشَحِّم

kolomazmazadlomazivonamazatsádlo

fedtsmøresmørefedt

Fett ölen Schmiere Schmieröl abschmieren

λίπος

grasa

lahjoaöljytärasvarasvatavoidella

graisse graisser amender enduire étaler

चरबी

mast

zsírozmegkenmegvesztegetolajozolvasztott zsír

feitismyrja

grasso grasso animale ingrassare lubrificare olio lubrificante

獣脂

그리스

glitumasglitusriebaluotasslidustaukai

ieeļļotieziestsmērvielatauki

vet smeer smeren omkopen

sadlo

maščobamastnamastiti

fett

น้ำมัน

yağ yağlamakgres yağıgreslemek

چربی

mỡ

油脂油膏涂油动物油脂

grease

[griːs]

A. N (= oil, fat etc) → grasa f; [of candle] → sebo m; (= dirt) → mugre f; (= lubricant) → lubricante m

B. VT [+ baking tin] → engrasar (Aut etc) → engrasar, lubricar
like greased lightning → como un relámpago
to grease sb's palm → untar la mano a algn

C. CPD grease gun N → pistola f engrasadora, engrasadora f a presión
grease monkey N (US) → mecánico/a m/f, maquinista mf
grease nipple N (Aut) → engrasador m
grease remover N → quitagrasas m inv

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grease

[ˈgriːz ˈgriːs]

(pejorative) (= fat) → gras m

(= lubricating oil) → lubrifiant m

(= dirty oil)
His clothes were covered in grease → Ses vêtements étaient couverts de cambouis.

[+ dish, tin] → graisser

[+ part of machine] → lubrifier
to grease the skids (US) (fig) → huiler les rouagesgrease gun n → graisseur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grease

→ Fett nt; (= lubricant) → (Schmier)fett nt, → Schmiere f; his hair was thick with grease → seine Haare starrten vor Fett

(also grease wool) → Schweißwolle f

vt → fetten; skin → einfetten, einschmieren (inf); (Aut, Tech) → schmieren; to grease back one’s hair → sich (dat) → die Haare mit Pomade nach hinten frisieren; to grease somebody’s palm (inf) → jdm etwas zustecken (inf), → jdn schmieren (inf); like greased lightning (inf) → wie ein geölter Blitz

grease

grease gun

n → Fettspritze or -presse f

grease mark

n → Fettfleck m

grease monkey

n (inf) → Mechanikerlehrling m

grease nipple

n → Schmiernippel m

greasepaint

n (Theat) → (Fett)schminke f

greaseproof

adj → fettdicht; grease paper → Pergamentpapier nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

grease

[griːs]

1. n (fat) → grasso, unto; (lubricant) → grasso, lubrificante m

2. vt (baking tin) → ungere (Aut) → ingrassare, lubrificare
like greased lightning (fam) → come una saetta
to grease the skids (Am) (fig) → spianare la strada

grease

(griːs) noun

1. soft, thick, animal fat.

2. any thick, oily substance. She put grease on the squeaking hinge.

verb

to put grease on, over or in. The mechanic greased the car's axle.

ˈgreasy adjective

1. of or like grease. greasy food.

2. covered in grease. greasy hands.

3. slippery, as if covered in grease. greasy roads.

ˈgreasiness noun

grease

→ شَحْم mazivo fedt Fett λίπος grasa rasva graisse mast grasso 獣脂 그리스 smeer fett tłuszcz gordura смазка fett น้ำมัน yağ mỡ 油脂

grease

n grasa

References in classic literature ?

"Somehow Tommy's grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain't changed his shirt since he left

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She always wore a little black bonnet and a white apron; her sleeves were tucked up to the elbow; she cut the sandwiches with large, dirty, greasy hands; and there was grease on her bodice, grease on her apron, grease on her skirt.

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I wear a gold watch and chain, a ring upon my little finger, and a long-tailed coat; and I use a great deal of bear's grease - which, taken in conjunction with the ring, looks bad.

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Sometimes one of the women, and sometimes another, cleans me of my grease. The day before, Rosanna had taken out a spot for me on the lappet of my coat, with a new composition, warranted to remove anything.

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He complied with the most accommodating spirit imaginable; and went on eating and chatting, and laughing and smearing himself, until his whole countenance shone with grease and good-humor.

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In fact, D'Artagnan was so absorbed, that, with his knife, he took advantage of the grease left at the bottom of his plate, to trace ciphers and make additions of surprising rotundity.

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'Ah, see now,' said she, 'how they have bruised and wounded those poor trees; they will never get well.' So she took pity on them, and made use of the butter to grease them all, so that the wheels might not hurt them so much.

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To make them run easily and swiftly, the axles of carriages are anointed; and for much the same purpose, some whalers perform an analogous operation upon their boat; they grease the bottom.

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Five, this !" With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table.

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To another room came all the scraps to be "tanked," which meant boiling and pumping off the grease to make soap and lard; below they took out the refuse, and this, too, was a region in which the visitors did not linger.

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Even in the best, most friendly and simplest relations of life, praise and commendation are essential, just as grease is necessary to wheels that they may run smoothly.

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The dripping-pan, where crackled a rain of grease, filled with its continual sputtering the intervals of these thousand dialogues, which intermingled from one end of the apartment to the other.