grease

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
  2. noun the state of being covered with unclean things
  3. verb lubricate with grease

Etymology

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

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Synonyms

lubricating oil

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