grease

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Etymology

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(General American) enPR: grēs, IPA^(key): /ɡɹis/
(UK) enPR: grēs, IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːs/
Audio (US): (file)
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.
- 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:
  Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.

Synonyms

(animal fat): fat, lard

Derived terms

Translations

animal fat

Albanian: yndyrë (sq) f
Arabic: شَحْم m (šaḥm)
Armenian: ճարպ (hy) (čarp)
Basque: gantz
Belarusian: тлушч m (tlušč), жыр m (žyr)
Bulgarian: мас (bg) f (mas), мазнина́ (bg) f (mazniná)
Catalan: greix (ca)
Cherokee: ᎪᎢ (goi)
Cheyenne: amėške
Chinese:
Mandarin: 油脂 (zh) (yóuzhī), 脂肪 (zh) (zhīfáng)
Czech: tuk (cs) m
Dutch: vet (nl) n, smeer (nl) n
Esperanto: graso (eo)
Estonian: rasv (et)
Finnish: eläinrasva (fi)
French: graisse (fr) f
Galician: graxa (gl) f, enxunlla f, sebo m, lardo (gl) m, morca f, saín (gl)
Georgian: ქონი (koni), ცხიმი (cximi)
German: Fett (de) n
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hausa: mai
Hebrew: שֶׁמֶן (he) m (shémen)
Hindi: चरबी (hi) f (carbī)
Hungarian: zsír (hu)
Ido: graso (io)
Indonesian: lemak (id)
Italian: grasso (it) m
Japanese: 脂肪 (ja) (しぼう, shibō)
Khmer: ខ្លាញ់ (km) (khlañ)
Korean: 기름 (ko) (gireum), 유지(油脂) (ko) (yuji), 지방(脂肪) (ko) (jibang)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: don (ku)
Latin: arvīna f, unguen n, pingue n
Latvian: tauki (lv) m pl
Lithuanian: taukai m pl, riebalai m pl
Macedonian: маст (mk) f (mast), сало (mk) n (salo)
Malay: minyak (ms), gris, lemak (ms)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: өөх (mn) (ööx)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smørefett n (lubricant), fett (no) n
Occitan: grais (oc)
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Ojibwe: bimide
Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰍 (yaɣ)
Ottoman Turkish: یاغ (yağ), روغن (revgan, rugan)
Polish: tłuszcz (pl) m
Portuguese: gordura (pt) f, graxa (pt) f
Romagnol: graṣ m
Romanian: grăsime (ro) f
Russian: са́ло (ru) n (sálo), жир (ru) m (žir), ма́сло (ru) n (máslo), сма́лец (ru) m (smálec)
Scottish Gaelic: saill f
Slovak: tuk m
Spanish: grasa (es) f
Swahili: grisi (sw)
Swedish: fett (sv) n, flott (sv) n, ister (sv) n
Tagalog: grasa
Tamil: கொழுப்பு (ta) (koḻuppu)
Tarifit: tadunt f
Telugu: కందెన (te) (kandena)
Thai: มัน (th) (man)
Tocharian B: ṣmare
Tok Pisin: gris
Turkish: yağ (tr)
Ukrainian: жир m (žyr), са́ло (uk) n (sálo), лій (uk) m (lij)
Urdu: چربی f (carbī)
Vietnamese: mỡ (vi)
Welsh: saim (cy) m
Yiddish: בוימל m (boyml), שמאַלץ n or f (shmalts)
Yurok: pemey
Zulu: amafutha

oily or fatty matter

Apache:
Western Apache: biʼikʼah
Arabic: شَحْم m (šaḥm)
Armenian: քսուք (hy) (kʻsukʻ)
Belarusian: зма́зка n (zmázka)
Bole: giris
Bulgarian: ма́сло (bg) n (máslo), сма́зка (bg) f (smázka)
Cherokee: ᎪᎢ (goi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潤滑油／润滑油 (zh) (rùnhuáyóu), 潤滑脂／润滑脂 (zh) (rùnhuázhī)
Dutch: vet (nl) n, olie (nl)
Estonian: rasv (et), määrdeaine
Finnish: rasva (fi), öljy (fi)
French: graisse (fr) f
Galician: graxa (gl) f
German: Schmierfett n, Schmiere (de) f
Hausa: giris (ha), mai
Hebrew: שֻׁמָּן (he) m (shumán), שֶׁמֶן (he) m (shémen)
Hindi: ग्रीस (hi) f (grīs), ग्रीज (hi) f (grīj), ग्रीज़ f (grīz)
Indonesian: jelantah (id)
Irish: bealadh m
Japanese: グリース (ja) (gurīsu) (lubricant), 潤滑油 (ja) (じゅんかつゆ, junkatsuyu)
Korean: 윤활유(潤滑油) (yunhwaryu)
Latvian: smērviela f
Lithuanian: tepalas m
Macedonian: маснотија f (masnotija)
Malay: minyak (ms)
Ottoman Turkish: یاغ (yağ), روغن (revgan, rugan)
Persian: گریس (fa) (geris)
Polish: smar (pl) m
Portuguese: graxa (pt) f
Russian: сма́зка (ru) f (smázka) (lubricant), мазь (ru) f (mazʹ) (ointment)
Spanish: grasa (es) f
Swahili: grisi (sw)
Tagalog: grasa
Tarifit: tadunt f
Thai: จาระบี (th) (jaa-rá-bii)
Tok Pisin: gris
Ukrainian: масти́ло (uk) n (mastýlo), мази́ло n (mazýlo), мазь f (mazʹ)
Yiddish: שמאַלץ n or f (shmalts)

shorn but not yet cleansed wool

Bulgarian: непра́на вълна́ f (neprána vǎlná)
Finnish: raakavilla

inflammation of a horse's heels

Finnish: kurarupi

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.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
  the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor
- 2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri:
  Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.
- 2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery:
  His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.
(transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
(transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
(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
- 2022 November 22, BLP Kosher (lyrics and music), “Chopping Block” (track 3, 1:31 from the start), in BLP Kosher and The Magic Dreidel‎^[1]:
  I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on
  Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy
  He a blood, why the fuck I’m greasin his bitty
(obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
- 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste
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

put grease or fat on something

Bulgarian: смазвам (bg) (smazvam)
Catalan: greixar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: namazat pf, promazat pf, potřít pf, vymastit pf
Dutch: smeren (nl), invetten (nl)
Finnish: rasvata (fi), öljytä (fi), voidella (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} graisser (fr)
Friulian: onzi, ongi
Georgian: გაქონავს (gakonavs), გაზეთავს (gazetavs)
German: schmieren (de)
Greek: γρασάρω (el) (grasáro)
Hungarian: zsíroz (hu), olajoz (hu)
Irish: bealaigh
Latin: lūbricō
Macedonian: замастува (zamastuva), намастува (namastuva), подмачкува (podmačkuva)
Mongolian: тослох (mn) (toslox)
Ottoman Turkish: یاغلامق (yağlamak)
Portuguese: engraxar (pt), untar (pt)
Romanian: unge (ro)
Russian: смазать (ru) pf (smazatʹ), смазывать (ru) impf (smazyvatʹ)
Spanish: engrasar (es)
Swedish: smörja (sv)
Tagalog: grasahan
Tok Pisin: grisim
Ukrainian: зма́щувати impf (zmáščuvaty), змасти́ти pf (zmastýty)
Yiddish: שמירן (shmirn)

to bribe

Azerbaijani: yağlamaq (az)
Bulgarian: подкупвам (bg) (podkupvam)
Dutch: smeren (nl), omkopen (nl)
Finnish: voidella (fi), lahjoa (fi)
French: graisser la patte (fr), corrompre (fr)
German: schmieren (de), bestechen (de)
Hungarian: megveszteget (hu), megken (hu)
Russian: подма́зать (ru) pf (podmázatʹ), подма́зывать (ru) impf (podmázyvatʹ), подма́слить (ru) pf (podmáslitʹ), подма́сливать (ru) impf (podmáslivatʹ)
Yiddish: שמירן (shmirn)

to perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly

Finnish: laskeutua todella pehmeästi
French: lubrifier (fr)

to kill

Finnish: voidella (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} engrasar (es), ^{(please verify)} lubricar (es)

Anagrams

geares, Seager, aegers, eagres, Seegar, Saeger, Eagers, searge, eagers, ægers, agrees