Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

    Fett

    са́лоsálo, жирžir, ма́слоmáslo

    жирžyr, са́лоsálo, лійlij

  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any oily or fatty matter.

    Schmierfett, Schmiere

    сма́зкаsmázka, мазьmazʹ

    масти́лоmastýlo, мази́лоmazýlo, мазьmazʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)Money.

  6. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).

More definitions
  • a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
  • anything regarded as making something unclean

Examples

47 sentences
  1. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

    Під лежачий камінь вода не тече. — deniko

  2. Tom got burned by some hot grease.

  3. Don't use water to put out a grease fire.

  4. The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

  5. Unfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.

    deLeider wirst du in diesem Büro nichts gemacht bekommen, falls du nicht jemanden schmierst. — Manfredo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
animal fat:
oily or fatty matter:
Русский
By meaning 2
animal fat:
oily or fatty matter:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
animal fat:
oily or fatty matter:

Origin

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, noun deriv

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

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