grease

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass. === Pronunciation === Noun (General American) enPR: grēs, IPA(key): /ɡɹis/ (UK) enPR: grēs, IPA(key): /ɡɹiːs/ Rhymes: -iːs Homophone: Greece Verb (UK) enPR: grēs, IPA(key): /ɡɹiːs/ (General American) enPR: grēs, grēz, IPA(key): /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. ==== Synonyms ==== (animal fat): fat, lard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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. (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate. (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. (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 (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach. 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === geares, Seager, aegers, eagres, Seegar, Saeger, Eagers, searge, eagers, ægers, agrees