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# grease

«grease» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick, oily substance used to make machine parts move…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (grease — uncountable); verb (grease, greases, greased, greasing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Grease is a thick, oily substance used to make machine parts move smoothly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#m1)

2) Grease is soft animal fat, especially after cooking, like bacon grease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#m2)

3) Grease is oil on skin or hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#m3)

4) (verb) To grease something is to put fat, butter or oil on it, like greasing a cake tin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#m4)

5) (slang) «Grease someone's palm» means to bribe them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons pupils grease a baking tin so the cake does not stick; in science, grease reduces friction. In everyday life, grease stains clothes and needs soap to clean. Phrases: elbow grease (hard work), grease a tin, grease the wheels.

### examples

- Grease the tin with butter before you pour in the mix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x1)
- The bike chain needs some grease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x2)
- The pan was covered in bacon grease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x3)
- It took a lot of elbow grease to clean the oven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x4)
- Grease reduces friction between the moving parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x5)
- His hands were black with grease after fixing the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x6)
- Soap helps wash grease off plates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x7)
- Put some bear’s grease on your beard and that will soon make it grow again.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/#x8)

### note

Uncountable noun: some grease, not «a grease». Adjective: greasy. Say: noun «greess»; verb «greess» or «greez». «Elbow grease» is an idiom for hard scrubbing work. Safety: never pour hot grease down the sink; do not put water on a grease fire.

### In the corpora

- [Some farmers smear fences with chilli and grease or burn chilli bricks, because chilli stings elephants' sensitive trunks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/15/)
- [Grease does not dissolve in water; soap links grease and water so it can be rinsed away, and warm water helps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/11/)
- [After pizza your fingers are greasy, and rinsing under the tap does almost nothing: water and grease do not mix.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/0/)
- [Add soap and the grease slides away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/1/)
- [They are strong on purpose, so that they can break down dirt, grease and germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grease» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grease/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.