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Grease Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Grease?
[n] a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
[n] the state of being covered with unclean things [v] lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels" Synonyms | Synonyms for Grease: dirt | filth | grime | grunge | lubricating oil | soil | stain Related Terms | Find terms related to Grease: adulation | aid | animal oil | anoint | approach | beeswax | blandishment | blarney | blunt | bonus | boodle | bounty | brass | bread | bribe | bucks | bunkum | buy | buy off | cabbage | cajolement | cajolery | cerate | chips | clear the way | compliment | consideration | corrupt | dab | daub | dinero | donative | double time | dough | drag | dress | drying oil | dub | ease | embrocate | equalize | essential oil | ester | even | expedite | explain | eyewash | facilitate | fair words | fat | fatty oil | fawning | fee | fix | fixed oil | flatten | flattery | gelt | get at | get to | gilt | glycerolate | grade | gratuity | gravy | grease the palm | grease the ways | grease the wheels | green | green stuff | harrow | hasten | help along | honeyed phrases | honeyed words | honorarium | hydrogenated fat | incense | incentive pay | inducement | jack | kale | lagniappe | lard | largess | lay | level | liberality | lipid | loose | lubricate | make clear | make way for | mazuma | mineral oil | moolah | mopus | mow | oil | oil of palms | ointment | oleum | oof | ooftish | open the way | open up | palaver | palm oil | pave the way | pay off | perks | perquisite | plane | planish | plaster | polyunsaturated fat | pomade | pourboire | praise | premium | prepare the way | pretty lies | purchase | quicken | reach | remove friction | rhino | rocks | run interference for | salve | sebum | shave | shekels | simoleons | simplify | slick | slick on | smear | smooth | smooth down | smooth out | smooth the way | soap | soap the ways | soft soap | something extra | speed | spondulics | sportula | suborn | sugar | sweet nothings | sweet talk | sweet words | sweetener | sycophancy | take care of | tallow | tamper with | the needful | tickle the palm | tin | tip | Trinkgeld | unbar | unblock | unclog | unguent | unjam | unsaturated fat | vegetable oil | volatile oil | wampum | wax | wheedling See Also | axle grease | cover | dirtiness | oil | uncleanness Grease In Webster's Dictionary \Grease\ (gr[=e]s), 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["o]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\ (gr[=e]z or gr[=e]s; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greased} (gr[=e]zd or gr[=e]sd); 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. --Dryden. 3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. {To grease in the hand}, to corrupt by bribes. --Usher. |
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