—n.
1 oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant.
2 the melted fat of a dead animal.
3 oily matter in unprocessed wool.
—v.tr. smear or lubricate with grease.
Phrases and idioms:
grease-gun a device for pumping grease under pressure to a particular point. grease the palm of colloq. bribe. like greased lightning colloq. very fast.
Derivatives:
greaseless adj.
Etymology: ME f. AF grece, gresse, OF graisse ult. f. L crassus (adj.) fat
Useful english dictionary. 2012.