# grease
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).

### Pronunciation
#### Noun

* (General American) enPR: grēs, IPA: /ɡɹis/
* (UK) enPR: grēs, IPA: /ɡɹiːs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːs
* Homophone: Greece

#### Verb

* (UK) enPR: grēs, IPA: /ɡɹiːs/
* (General American) enPR: grēs, grēz, IPA: /ɡɹis/, /ɡɹiz/
* Rhymes: -iːs (UK, US)
* Rhymes: -iːz (US)

### Noun

grease (countable and uncountable, plural greases)
* Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
* (by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
* Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
* Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
* (slang) Money.
** 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.

#### Synonyms

* (animal fat): fat, lard

#### Derived terms

* amber grease
* amber-grease
* bear's grease
* boot-grease
* cow grease
* cow's grease
* dielectric grease
* dirty grease
* elbow grease
* elbow-grease
* golden grease
* greaseball
* grease-box
* grease boy
* grease bush
* grease gun, grease-gun
* grease money
* grease monkey
* grease-monkey
* grease moth
* grease nipple
* greasepaint, grease-paint
* grease payment
* grease pencil
* grease pit
* grease pot
* greaseproof
* grease spot
* grease the skids
* grease up
* greasewood
* greasiness
* greasy
* hart of grease
* like grease through a goose
* more grease to your elbow
* silicone grease
* stew in one's own grease
* thermal grease
* the squeaky wheel gets the grease
* wool grease
* yellow grease
* Yorkshire grease

#### Translations

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### Verb

grease (third-person singular simple present greases, present participle greasing, simple past and past participle greased)
* (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
* (transitive, informal) To bribe.
** 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor
** 2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri:Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.
** 2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery:His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.
* (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
* (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
    To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
* (transitive, slang) To extinguish the life of.
    Synonyms: wax, wet, baptize, juice up; see also Thesaurus:kill
* (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate
** 2022 November 22, BLP Kosher (lyrics and music), “Chopping Block” (track 3, 1:31 from the start), in BLP Kosher and The Magic Dreidel‎:I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy He a blood, why the fuck I’m greasin his bitty
* (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
** 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste
* To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
* To depart or slip away.

#### Synonyms

* (put grease or fat on): lard
* (slang for kill or murder): bump off, hit, whack

#### Derived terms

* greased landing
* grease it on
* grease one's gills
* greaser
* grease someone's palm
* grease the hand
* grease the wheels

#### Translations

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### Anagrams

* geares, Seager, aegers, eagres, Seegar, Saeger, Eagers, searge, eagers, ægers, agrees