grease
Animal fat in a melted or soft stateAnimal fat in a melted or soft state.
» The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Під лежачий камінь вода не тече. — deniko
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6 senses(countable, uncountable)Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
Fett
са́лоsálo, жирžir, ма́слоmáslo
жирžyr, са́лоsálo, лійlij
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any oily or fatty matter.
Schmierfett, Schmiere
сма́зкаsmázka, мазьmazʹ
масти́лоmastýlo, мази́лоmazýlo, мазьmazʹ
(countable, uncountable)Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
(countable, uncountable)Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Money.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).
- a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
- anything regarded as making something unclean
Examples
47 sentencesThe squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Під лежачий камінь вода не тече. — deniko
Tom got burned by some hot grease.
Don't use water to put out a grease fire.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
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
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Origin
From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, noun derivFrom 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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Forms
plural: greasesSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
45 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable