grease
🇺🇸
/ɡriːs/
🇬🇧
/ɡriːs/
noun
R
A thick, oily substance used to make machines run smoothly.
To keep the machine working well, you need to add grease to its moving parts.
R
Soft animal fat from cooking.
After frying bacon, there was a lot of grease left in the pan.
verb
R
To put grease or oil on something to make it slippery.
Before baking, you should grease the pan to prevent sticking.
translation
A thick, oily substance used to make machines run smoothly.; Soft animal fat from cooking.
To put grease or oil on something to make it slippery.
Word Forms
3rd Present
greases
Progressive
greasing
Past
greased
Perfect
greased
Plural
greases