grease
verb/ɡriːs/
/ɡriːs/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they grease | /ɡriːs/ /ɡriːs/ |
| he / she / it greases | /ˈɡriːsɪz/ /ˈɡriːsɪz/ |
| past simple greased | /ɡriːst/ /ɡriːst/ |
| past participle greased | /ɡriːst/ /ɡriːst/ |
| -ing form greasing | /ˈɡriːsɪŋ/ /ˈɡriːsɪŋ/ |
- grease something to rub grease or fat on something
- to grease a cake tin/pan
- Place the cakes on a lightly greased baking tray.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- lightly
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French graisse, based on Latin crassus ‘thick, fat’.
Idioms
See grease in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygrease somebody’s palm
- (old-fashioned, informal) to give somebody money in order to persuade them to do something dishonest synonym bribe
grease the wheels (North American English)
(British English oil the wheels)
- to help something to happen easily and without problems, especially in business or politics
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