grease

noun

1. 1

   Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

2. 2

   Any oily or fatty matter.

3. 3

   Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

4. 4

   Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

5. 5

   slangMoney.

   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.

6. 6

   datedSynonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).

verb

1. 1

   To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

2. 2

   informalTo bribe.

   the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor

   Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.

   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.

3. 3

   informalTo cause to go easily; to facilitate.

4. 4

   slangTo perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

   To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

5. 5

   slangTo kill.

6. 6

   slangTo have sexual intercourse with.

   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

7. 7

   obsoleteTo cheat or cozen; to overreach.

   You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste

8. 8

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

9. 9

   To depart or slip away.

Forms

plural

greases

past tense

greased

past participle

greased

present participle

greasing

third person singular

greases