Definition of grease Grease

/gɹiˈs/ - [grees] - grease

We found 22 definitions of grease from 7 different sources.

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What does grease mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: greases

grease - a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
  lubricating oil
  oil oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
grease - the state of being covered with unclean things
  dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grunge
  uncleanness, dirtiness the state of containing dirty impurities

Verb

greases, greasing, greased  

grease - lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels"
  cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • grease (Noun)
    Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
  • grease (Noun)
    Any oily or fatty matter.
  • grease (Noun)
    Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
  • grease (Noun)
    Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis .
  • grease (Verb)
    To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
  • grease (Verb)
    To bribe.
  • grease (Verb)
    To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
  • grease (Verb)
    To kill, murder.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • grease (n.)
    Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
  • grease (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.
  • grease (v. t.)
    To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
  • grease (v. t.)
    To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
  • grease (v. t.)
    To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
  • grease (v. t.)
    To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • grease
    Animal fat in a melted or soft state; a semisolid lubricant.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • grease
    grēs, n. soft thick animal fat: oily matter of any kind: an inflammation in the heels of a horse, marked by swelling, &c.—v.t. (sometimes pron. grēz) to smear with grease, to lubricate—also used figuratively, to cause to go easily: (obs.) to bribe—as in to 'grease the palm.'—adv. Greas′ily.—n. Greas′iness.—adj. Greas′y, of or like grease or oil: smeared with grease: smooth: fat. [O. Fr. gresse, fatness, gras, fat—L. crassus, gross.]

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  • movie
    Grease is a 1978 musical movie based on high-schoolers Rizzo, Kenickie, Danny, Frenchy and Sandy and high school relationships.

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    Danny Zuko and Sandra Dee meet in the summer in Australia and they fall in love. When Danny leaves to go back to school, Sandy gets transferred to his school, they meet again. Danny starts to falling love with this new girl Marisa and acts as if he doesn't care about Sandy to remain a good reputation, but Sandy does not know. She and Danny have minor dates and dances, on again off again. At the end, Sandy transforms to be a changed woman that Danny will always love.Then, Danny sees how great Sandy truly is and they stay together forever.
  • musical
    "Grease" is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. It takes its name from the 1950s United States working-class culture known as the greasers. It is set in 1959 in a made-up school called Rydell High in Chicago and is about the romance between high schoolers Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski.

Part of speech

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  • grease, verb, present, 1st person singular of grease (infinitive).
  • grease, verb (infinitive).
  • grease, noun, singular of greases.

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