Definitions for greases

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greases grease

Spelling: [noun grees; verb grees, greez]

IPA: /noun gris; verb gris, griz/

Greases is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in greases (aeegrss).

Definitions for greases

noun

1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially 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. Also called grease-heel [grees-heel] /ˈgrisˌhil/ (Show IPA). Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of a horse's skin in the fetlock region, attended with an oily secretion.
5. Informal. a bribe.

Idioms

1. grease someone's palm. palm1 (def 19).

verb (used with object)

1. to put grease on; lubricate:
2. to smear or cover with grease.
3. to cause to occur easily; smooth the way; facilitate.
4. Informal. to bribe.

Origin of greases

1250-1300; Middle English grese, grece, greice Anglo-French grece, gresse, Old French craisse (French graisse) Vulgar Latin *crassia, equivalent to Latin crass(us) fat, thick + -ia noun suffi

Examples for greases

The owners can grease a lot of palms with revenues like that.

He was blacker than I was; all smeared with grease and stripped to his waist.

With pitch, gum, or grease, they covered up the cracks or seams.

Their blue jumpsuits are stained with grease, and their hair is expertly wrapped in scarves to keep it out of their way.

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Opening the wagon box he drew out a jack and a tin of grease.

But at least Obama does seem to genuinely loathe the sucking up required to grease the wheels.

No longer swimming in the dough, means less money for the adult industry to grease the partnership wheels.

When they are cooked pour off the sauce, skim off the grease and reduce it.