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Noun: grease  grees
  1. A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
    "The mechanic changed the grease in the car's engine";
    - lubricating oil
     
  2. Anything regarded as making something unclean
    "He scrubbed the grease off his hands after working on the car";
    - dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grunge
Verb: grease  grees
  1. Lubricate with grease
    "grease the wheels"
     
  2. [informal] Make something go easily or smoothly
    "A little bribe greased the wheels of bureaucracy"
     
  3. [informal] Make easier
    "you could grease the process by sharing your knowledge";
    - facilitate, ease, alleviate

Sounds like: graze, grays, grease, Gr

Derived forms: greased, greasing, greases

Type of: aid, assist, cover, dirtiness, help, oil, uncleanness

Encyclopedia: Grease