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• a thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant.

• "axle grease"

Similar: lubricant, lubrication, unguent, lube, oil, ointment, lotion, cream, Brylcreem,

• animal fat used or produced in cooking.

• "the kitchen walls were black with grease and filth"

Similar: fat, oil, cooking oil, animal fat, lard, suet, butter, margarine, dripping,

• smear or lubricate with grease.

• "grease a shallow baking dish"

Similar: lubricate, oil, smear with grease/oil, make slippery, make smooth, make oily,

Origin: Middle English: from Old French graisse, based on Latin crassus ‘thick, fat’.

• bribe (someone).
"the branch is alleged to have greased the palms of 130 politicians"

• help matters run smoothly.
"he used his budgetary skills to grease the skids for new projects"