grease
/ɡɹis/ verb C2- To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
- To bribe.
- To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
- To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. · To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
- To kill.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
- To depart or slip away.
He/she/it greases · Past greased · Past participle greased · -ing form greasing
Verb forms
- Base form
- grease
- He/she/it
- greases
- Past
- greased
- Past participle
- greased
- -ing form
- greasing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Anne promptly let go of her candle and plate in her surprise, and plate, candle, and apples crashed together down the cellar ladder and were found at the bottom embedded in melted grease, the next day, by Marilla, who gathered them up and thanked mercy the house hadn’t been set on fire.
Money’ll do it as slick as soap grease.
“He’s a fine looking fellow,” said another; “if he had only a comb and hair-grease, he’d take the shine off the gentlemen in white kids.”
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