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Definition of Grease
1. Noun. A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery).
Specialized synonyms: Axle Grease
Generic synonyms: Oil
Derivative terms: Greasy
2. Verb. Lubricate with grease. "Grease the wheels"
3. Noun. The state of being covered with unclean things.
Generic synonyms: Dirtiness, Uncleanness
Derivative terms: Dirty, Dirty, Filthy, Grime, Grimy, Grungy, Soil, Stain
Definition of Grease
1. n. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
2. v. t. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
Definition of Grease
1. Noun. Animal fat in a melted or soft state ¹
2. Noun. (context: extension) Any oily or fatty matter. ¹
3. Noun. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool ¹
4. Noun. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive informal) To bribe. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive slang aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive slang) To kill, murder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grease
1. to smear with grease (a lubricating substance) [v GREASED, GREASING, GREASES]
Medical Definition of Grease
1.
1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents. "The greased advocate that grinds the poor." (Dryden)
3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
4. (Ear) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. To grease in the hand, to corrupt by bribes.
Origin: Greased; Greasing.
1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grease
Literary usage of Grease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"naan As an example of the kinds of oil and grease to use and parts to lubricate
... 1- Front spring grease cup. Cup grease. 2. Steering knuckle king bolt ..."
2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Hence the uses to which fuller's grease is applied also vary. Thus, the suds from
silk or ... Therefore the crude grease must be purified by distillation. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"This grease has a strong, rather nauseating odor, and the color, ... On pressing,
yellow grease yields No. 1 lard oil and yellow-grease stearin. ..."
4. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"He found grease more convenient. The pulleys did not turn quite so freely, ...
There was usually no drip of grease onto the belt and its use was an ..."
5. Railway Economy: A Treatise on the New Art of Transport, Its Management by Dionysius Lardner (1850)
"The outside bearing, as it is called, is provided with a small box made of brass
or gun metal, placed immediately over the - - axle, called the grease-box, ..."
6. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"Steering knuckle grease cups. Steering cross rod grease cups. All spring bolt
grease cups. Speedometer driving gears. Eccentric bushing of steering gear. ..."
7. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"Even the laws of lubricated friction, expressed heretofore, and applicable to
oil lubricants, can be applied to grease lubrication only in a general way, ..."
8. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"(Explain proper qualities of lubricant for transmission and mention advantages
of a heavy mineral oil as compared with grease). grease cups, tubes, boots, ..."
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