Etymology : Middle English grese, from Old French craisse, graisse, from Vulgar Latin crassia, from Latin crassus fat
Pronunciation : 'grEs
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. melted or rendered fat of animals; any fatty or oily substance; lubricant. put grease on; lubricate; cause to run smoothly; bribe (Slang). grease\grease\ (grēs), n. [oe. grese, grece, f. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. ll. grassus thick, fat, gross, l. crassus. cf. crass.].
2. animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
3. (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?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\ (grēz or grēs; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. greased (grēzd or grēsd); p. pr. & vb. n. greasing.].
4. to smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
5. to bribe; to corrupt with presents. the greased advocate that grinds the poor.
6. to cheat or cozen; to overreach. [obs.] & fl.
7. (far.) to affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
8. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
9. 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.
10. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
11. To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
12. To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
13. To affect with grease, the disease. a thick fatty oil lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels".
14. 1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and other machines in order to make them work smoothly. grease-stained hands. = oil.
15. If you grease a part of a car, machine, or device, you put grease on it in order to make it work smoothly. I greased front and rear hubs and adjusted the brakes. = oil.
16. Grease is an oily substance that is produced by your skin. His hair is thick with grease.
17. Grease is animal fat that is produced by cooking meat. You can use grease for cooking. He could smell the bacon grease.
18. If you grease a dish, you put a small amount of fat or oil around the inside of it in order to prevent food sticking to it during cooking. Grease two sturdy baking sheets and heat the oven to 400 degrees Place the frozen rolls on a greased baking tray. see also:
elbow grease.