Grease
noun
A thick oily substance used to make machines run smoothly.
Engineers need to grease the gears to prevent damage.
Often appears as...
- grease the wheels
- grease the gears
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To put grease on something, usually to make it run smoothly.
You have to grease the pan before baking the cake to prevent it from sticking.
Often appears as...
- grease the pan
- grease the baking tray
noun
Influence or bribery used to achieve a desired result.
He used a little grease to get the permit approved.
Often appears as...
- grease the palm
- grease the wheels
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To bribe someone to achieve a desired result.
He had to grease a few palms to get his application approved.
Often appears as...
- grease someone's palm
- grease the official
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Animal or vegetable fat, especially when soft.
Cooking bacon produces a lot of grease.
Often appears as...
- bacon grease
- chicken grease
noun
A thick oily substance used to make machines run smoothly.
Engineers need to grease the gears to prevent damage.
Often appears as...
- grease the wheels
- grease the gears
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To put grease on something, usually to make it run smoothly.
You have to grease the pan before baking the cake to prevent it from sticking.
Often appears as...
- grease the pan
- grease the baking tray
noun
Influence or bribery used to achieve a desired result.
He used a little grease to get the permit approved.
Often appears as...
- grease the palm
- grease the wheels
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To bribe someone to achieve a desired result.
He had to grease a few palms to get his application approved.
Often appears as...
- grease someone's palm
- grease the official
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Animal or vegetable fat, especially when soft.
Cooking bacon produces a lot of grease.
Often appears as...
- bacon grease
- chicken grease
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Machinery Maintenance
Grease is essential for reducing friction in machines.
Regularly grease the bearings to enhance their lifespan.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Grease in machines might not be obvious but is always crucial.
Even if you don't see it, there's grease inside the motor.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevention of Damage
Using grease protects parts from wear and tear.
To avoid breakdowns, don't forget to grease moving components.
Pro Tip 1/3Machinery Maintenance
Grease is essential for reducing friction in machines.
Regularly grease the bearings to enhance their lifespan.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Grease in machines might not be obvious but is always crucial.
Even if you don't see it, there's grease inside the motor.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevention of Damage
Using grease protects parts from wear and tear.
To avoid breakdowns, don't forget to grease moving components.
Pro Tip 1/3Machinery Maintenance
Grease is essential for reducing friction in machines.
Regularly grease the bearings to enhance their lifespan.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Grease in machines might not be obvious but is always crucial.
Even if you don't see it, there's grease inside the motor.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevention of Damage
Using grease protects parts from wear and tear.
To avoid breakdowns, don't forget to grease moving components.
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Biodiesel: The afterlife...
And let's not forget that using waste oil instead of burning more fossil fuels will limit our negative effects on the environment. Recycling used cooking grease turns goop into good. By contributing a little bit, individuals and businesses can help create an alternative, stable source of diesel oil,
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
for a lot of our characters on evenings like this and I have a feeling in the next few minutes someone is going to inform us that there's alarm calls coming from where tiller watching all what do you think sends sends our grease I mean the amounts of lipid activity
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Making people laugh PIPE...
and said you know what make me feel better we knew instantly your Niki jumped up on the table go greased lightning you're burning up the Carter mouth and this is a greased lightning go greased lightning it was maybe my favorite thing ever in a
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A day in the life of a...
instead, Boraqchin rolls up her sleeves, greases her arm and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing,
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Hangout: Protecting the...
the shop maintenance in the sub filling the air tanks checking the hydraulic systems doing the safety things that it takes to actually put it in the water every day so they're just sort of elbow deep in bearing grease and hydraulic oil
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Are Ad Agencies, PR...
as the grease in the wheel of all other businesses on Earth. And that gives the X industry an outsize influence on the likelihood that we reach net-zero, or they will be one of the primary architects of climate destruction. Now, how?
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Building a Speedboat PIPE...
but before they fill the mold with gel workers first grease the mold surface with a special wax so the hardened Hall will pop out easily then they use air hoses to remove any bubbles and dirt particles from the wax otherwise these
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A few ways to fix a...
I was literally going to either die or get killed in the process. But when we dug deeper, we didn't find corruption in the classic slimy gangsters lurking in the darkness, waiting to grease the palms of their friends.
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How to Build a Bow Drill...
bottom edge and that's going to help create friction up here I've pointed it and I don't want any friction on this point because it's got to move freely it's like that so those you can grease
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"First Kiss" by Tim...
with the taste of a tangerine, I swear. My mouth had been a helmet forever greased with secrets, my mouth a dead-end street a little bit lit by teeth—my heart, a clam
Video examples
Biodiesel: The afterlife...
And let's not forget that using waste oil instead of burning more fossil fuels will limit our negative effects on the environment. Recycling used cooking grease turns goop into good. By contributing a little bit, individuals and businesses can help create an alternative, stable source of diesel oil,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
for a lot of our characters on evenings like this and I have a feeling in the next few minutes someone is going to inform us that there's alarm calls coming from where tiller watching all what do you think sends sends our grease I mean the amounts of lipid activity
Video examples
Making people laugh PIPE...
and said you know what make me feel better we knew instantly your Niki jumped up on the table go greased lightning you're burning up the Carter mouth and this is a greased lightning go greased lightning it was maybe my favorite thing ever in a
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
instead, Boraqchin rolls up her sleeves, greases her arm and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing,
Video examples
Hangout: Protecting the...
the shop maintenance in the sub filling the air tanks checking the hydraulic systems doing the safety things that it takes to actually put it in the water every day so they're just sort of elbow deep in bearing grease and hydraulic oil
Video examples
Are Ad Agencies, PR...
as the grease in the wheel of all other businesses on Earth. And that gives the X industry an outsize influence on the likelihood that we reach net-zero, or they will be one of the primary architects of climate destruction. Now, how?
Video examples
Building a Speedboat PIPE...
but before they fill the mold with gel workers first grease the mold surface with a special wax so the hardened Hall will pop out easily then they use air hoses to remove any bubbles and dirt particles from the wax otherwise these
Video examples
A few ways to fix a...
I was literally going to either die or get killed in the process. But when we dug deeper, we didn't find corruption in the classic slimy gangsters lurking in the darkness, waiting to grease the palms of their friends.
Video examples
How to Build a Bow Drill...
bottom edge and that's going to help create friction up here I've pointed it and I don't want any friction on this point because it's got to move freely it's like that so those you can grease
Video examples
"First Kiss" by Tim...
with the taste of a tangerine, I swear. My mouth had been a helmet forever greased with secrets, my mouth a dead-end street a little bit lit by teeth—my heart, a clam
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Duff Goldman
American Chef
I kind of feel like I've been eating professionally for a long time. I've tasted everything. If there's a sausage, you know what? I know exactly what it tastes like. I love them all. But right now it's more important for me to not have all that grease and fat in my body.
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David Chang
American Chef
I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
I remember when 'Grease' came out, I used to force my mum to try and grease my hair back, and it was never long enough, and literally I'd be screaming at her, 'Do it. Just do it!'.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.
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James Meredith
American Celebrity
My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do.
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Paloma Elsesser
Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Ruth Reichl
American Chef
If you really taste a doughnut, it's pretty disgusting. They taste of grease.
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Andy Dunn
American Businessman
Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.
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Jae Crowder
American Athlete
Me personally, I took out bread and I took out grease foods.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I was brought up on animal grease.
Quote examples
Duff Goldman
American Chef
I kind of feel like I've been eating professionally for a long time. I've tasted everything. If there's a sausage, you know what? I know exactly what it tastes like. I love them all. But right now it's more important for me to not have all that grease and fat in my body.
Quote examples
David Chang
American Chef
I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.
Quote examples
Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
I remember when 'Grease' came out, I used to force my mum to try and grease my hair back, and it was never long enough, and literally I'd be screaming at her, 'Do it. Just do it!'.
Quote examples
Ava DuVernay
American Director
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.
Quote examples
James Meredith
American Celebrity
My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do.
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Paloma Elsesser
Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
Quote examples
Ruth Reichl
American Chef
If you really taste a doughnut, it's pretty disgusting. They taste of grease.
Quote examples
Andy Dunn
American Businessman
Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.
Quote examples
Jae Crowder
American Athlete
Me personally, I took out bread and I took out grease foods.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I was brought up on animal grease.
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