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greasest | greasiest |

As a verb greasest

is archaic second-person singular of grease.

As an adjective greasiest is

superlative of greasy.

greasest

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (grease)

    • grease

    English

    (wikipedia grease)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Animal fat in a melted or soft state
  • (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
  • Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
  • Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

    • Synonyms

    * (animal fat) fat, lard

    Derived terms

    * dirty grease * elbow grease * grease-box * grease bush * grease gun / grease-gun * grease-monkey * grease moth * grease nipple * greasepaint / grease-paint * grease payment * greaseproof * greasewood * greasiness * greasy * the squeaky wheel gets the grease * greaseball

    Verb

    (greas)
  • To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
  • (informal) To bribe.
  • * Dryden
    • the greased advocate that grinds the poor
  • * {{quote-book, 2008, title=With Lyon in Missouri, author=Byron Archibald Dunn
    • , passage=Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2009, title=GOG - an End Time Mystery, author=Dan Richardson
    • , passage=His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.}}
  • (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
    • ''To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
  • (slang) To kill, murder.
    • Fat cats who can't be greased by the mob's money are greased the hard way.
  • (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

    • Synonyms

    * (put grease or fat on) lard * (slang for kill or murder) bump off, hit, whack

    Derived terms

    * greaser * grease the hand * grease the wheels * grease someone's palm

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    greasiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (greasy)

    • greasy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
    • a greasy mineral
  • * Shakespeare
    • With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.
  • Containing a lot of grease or fat.
  • * 2010 , Gavin Hoffen, Dandelion (page 3)
    • With a skin full of alcohol and a probable overwhelming desire for a greasy kebab, I had evidently got myself into such a state that I was unable to locate the correct door to the fast food shop.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 3 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook perfect garlic bread , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Nigel and Richard Bertinet go for butter. Jamie and Nigella both opt for olive oil, and Garten uses a mixture, spreading the bread generously with butter, then topping it with garlic and herbs in olive oil. Oil, to my taste, simply makes the bread seem greasy : it's great for dipping, but it doesn't seem to soak into the bread in the same way as butter – I've probably just got hopelessly rich Anglo-Saxon tastes, but for me, it's butter all the way.}}
  • (slang) detestable, unethical.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2004 , month=April 25 , title=Trailer Park Boys epsiode "Rub N Tiz'zug" citation , passage=Julian:'' We're gonna fill the trailers up with furniture all right, boys, but we're gonna rent them out by the hour.
    ''Bubbles:     Aw, that's greasy .}}
  • (obsolete) fat, bulky
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) gross; indelicate; indecent
    • (Marston)
  • (of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.

    • Derived terms

    * greasy spoon

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