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.

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''Bubbles: Aw, that's greasy .}}

(obsolete) fat, bulky

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) gross; indelicate; indecent

(Marston)

(of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.

Adjective

(en-adj)

Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.

* 1937 , "Modernist Miracle", Time , 1 Nov 1937:

Joseph Smith, a diffident, conscientious young man with moist hands and an awkward, absent-minded manner, was head gardener at Wotton Vanborough.

* 2011 , Dominic Streatfeild, The Guardian , 7 Jan 2011:

"The other car didn't explode," continues Shujaa. "The explosives were a bit moist . They had been stored in a place that was too humid."

Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.

* 1974 , "Mitchell and Stans: Not Guilty", Time , 6 Dec 1974:

Eyes moist , he hugged one of his attorneys and later said: "I feel like I've been reborn."

Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.

* 2008 , Graham Harvey, The Guardian , 8 Sep 2008:

With its mild, moist climate, Britain is uniquely placed to grow good grass.

*:

Pituita'', or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder parts of the ''chylus  […].

(obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid.

* 1658 , Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia :

Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to submit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentment.

(medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.

(colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).

* 2008 , Marcia King-Gamble, Meet Phoenix , p. 168:

He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.