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Meaning of grease in English
Pronunciation
/ɡris/
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Verb
grease
Definitions
1.
lubricate with grease
Examples
« grease the wheels »
Noun
grease
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French graisse, based on Latin crassus‘thick, fat’
Definitions
1.
a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
2.
the state of being covered with unclean things