grease
About 2.90 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
- noun Any oily or fatty matter.
- noun Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
- noun Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
- noun Money.
- noun Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).
- verb To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
- verb To bribe.
Similar words
lubricate stain lubricating oil dirt soil filth grime greasy lubricating lube
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Word family
greased greaseless greaseproof greases greasing
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