put grease on; lubricate; cause to run smoothly; bribe (Slang)
melted or rendered fat of animals; any fatty or oily substance; lubricant
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Grease Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
(v. t.)
To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
(v. t.)
To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
(v. t.)
To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
(n.)
Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn 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
\grease\ (grēs), n. [oe. grese, grece, f. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. ll. grassus thick, fat, gross, l. crassus. cf. crass.]
1. animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
2. (far.) 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. (bot.) same as grease wood (below).
grease
moth (zo?l.), a pyralid moth (aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.
grease
wood (bot.), 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.
grease
\grease\ (grēz or grēs; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. greased (grēzd or grēsd); p. pr. & vb. n. greasing.] 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.
3. to cheat or cozen; to overreach. [obs.] & fl.
4. (far.) to affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
similar words(9)
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elbow grease
Bloneg = n. lard, grease
Iraid = n. grease
Iro = v. to anoint, to grease
Mehin = n. fat, fat flesh, grease
Mehinog = a. having grease
Saim = n. grease
Seimio = v. to grease over
very quick
1. smooth talker; 2. something working better than expected
working hard (digging etc.)
1. (racist) person of Mediterranean or Latin-American origin; 2. person with greased or slicked-back hair
put more effort into what you are doing
bribe
Noun
1. a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
(synonym) lubricating oil
(hypernym) oil
(hyponym) axle grease
2. the state of being covered with unclean things
(synonym) dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grunge
(hypernym) dirtiness, uncleanness
Verb
1. lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) lubricating oil
Grease Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
(1) A lubricating substance (solid or semisolid) made from lubricating oil and a thickening agent. The tube oils may be very light or heavy cylinder oils; the thickening agent (usually soaps) may be any material that when mixed with oil will produce a grease structure. (2) Colloquial for crude oil.
Grease Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream you are in grease, is significant of travels being enjoyed with disagreeable but polished strangers.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectGrease Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A lubricant which reduces the friction between moving pieces of metal and also prevents moisture from causing metal to rust. See gear grease and lube grease .
A lubricant composed of an oil thickened with a soap or other thickener to a solid or semisolid consistency.
Grease Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Grease may refer to:
- Grease (lubricant), a type of industrial lubricant
- Yellow grease, in rendering, used frying oils, or lower-quality grades of tallow
- Brown grease is waste vegetable oil, animal fat, grease, etc. that is recovered from a grease trap
- Any petroleum product or fat (including those used in cooking) that is a soft solid at room temperature
- Hydrogenated vegetable oil (vegetable shortening) used as a replacement for lard and other rendered animal fats
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