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grease

  [n. grees; v. grees, greez] noun, verb, greased, greasing.
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–noun
1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, esp. when in a soft state.
2. fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant.
3. Also called grease wool. wool, as shorn, before being cleansed of the oily matter.
4. Also called grease-heel  [grees-heel] . Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of a horse's skin in the fetlock region, attended with an oily secretion.
5. Informal. a bribe.
–verb (used with object)
6. to put grease on; lubricate: to grease the axle of a car.
7. to smear or cover with grease.
8. to cause to occur easily; smooth the way; facilitate.
9. Informal. to bribe.
—Idiom
10. grease someone's palm. palm 1 (def. 19).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME grese, grece, greice < AF grece, gresse, OF craisse (F graisse) < VL *crassia, equiv. to L crass(us) fat, thick + -ia n. suffix

Related forms:
greaseless, adjective
grease⋅less⋅ness, noun
greaseproof, adjective
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grease   (grēs)   
n.  
  1. Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.
  2. A thick oil or viscous substance, especially when used as a lubricant.
    1. The oily substance present in raw wool; suint.
    2. Raw wool that has not been cleansed of this oily substance.
  4. Slang Something, such as money or influence, that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire: accepted some grease to fix the outcome of the race.
tr.v.   (grēs, grēz) greased, greas·ing, greas·es
  1. To coat, smear, or soil with grease: greased the pie pan.
  2. To lubricate with grease.
  3. To facilitate the progress of.
  4. Slang To kill. See Regional Note at greasy.

[Middle English grese, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus, fat, thick.]
grease'less adj., grease'proof' adj.
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Grease

Grease\ (gr[=e]s), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. Crass.]

1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below).

Grease moth (Zo["o]l.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.

Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.

Grease

Grease\ (gr[=e]z or gr[=e]s; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greased (gr[=e]zd or gr[=e]sd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing.]

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. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

To grease in the hand, to corrupt by bribes. --Usher.
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Language Translation for : grease
Spanish: grasa,
German: das Fett,
Japanese: 獣脂
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grease 
c.1290, from Anglo-Fr. grece, from O.Fr. graisse, from V.L. *crassia "(melted) animal fat, grease," from L. crassus "thick, solid, fat." Verb sense of "ply with bribe or protection money" is 1526, from notion of grease the wheels "make things run smoothly" (c.1440). To grease (someone's) palm is from 1581. Greasy spoon "small cheap restaurant" is from 1925. Greaser, derogatory Amer.Eng. slang for "native Mexican or Latin American," first attested 1849.
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grease

In addition to the idioms beginning with grease, also see elbow grease; like greased lightning; squeaky wheel gets the grease.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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grease

thick, oily lubricant consisting of inedible lard, the rendered fat of waste animal parts, or a petroleum-derived or synthetic oil containing a thickening agent

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