26984 words

grease

7 definitions • 10 examples
1
animal or vegetable fat that is soft after melting, or more generally, any thick oil-like substance:

Examples:

The dinner plates were thick with grease.
You'll have to put some grease on those ball bearings.
2
to put fat or oil on something:

Examples:

Grease the tins well before adding the cake mixture.
3
animal fat that is soft after melting:

Examples:

There’s always a lot of grease when you cook lamb.
4
Grease is also any thick, oily substance:

Examples:

You ought to put some grease on that hinge.
5
to make something happen more easily:

Examples:

Social connections can help grease the way to business deals.
The company's charitable donations helped grease its entry into the world of government contracts.
6
to give someone money secretly so that they will make things happen in the way that you want:

Examples:

They managed to pull off the deal without greasing any palms.
They were expecting their palms to be greased with bribes.
7
to make something happen more easily:

Examples:

More investment is needed to grease the wheels of reform.

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