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Meanings of grease in English

Portuguese
sujeira
Catalan
porqueria
Spanish
grunge
Wikidata

The state of being covered with unclean things.

      sujeira
      Portuguese
      banha
      Catalan
      oli lubrificant

      A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)

            banha
            Usage of grease in English
            1
            Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread.
            Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
            2
            SLS is so good at cutting grease, it's used in engine cleaners.
            Wired
            3
            However, the next day my hair really did look fresh and grease-free.
            News.com.au
            4
            It was covered with grease and the grease had been rubbed in.
            The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat
            5
            Boiling animal bones causes them to absorb grease and discolors the bone.
            Wired
            6
            After searching fruitlessly for elbow grease, I asked the salesclerk for help.
            Funny in Farsi
            7
            To prepare the pan: Use a deep layer-cake pan and grease it.
            Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
            8
            There were rents in two places and plentiful sprinklings of grease spots.
            Two Boys and a Fortune; Or, The Tyler Will
            9
            This isn't our town, we don't know who's safe, who to grease.
            The Reality Dysfunction
            10
            How real everything seemed, even the grease-paint, the wigs, and the clothes.
            The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
            11
            The butter is used to grease the frying pan before each pancake.
            The South African
            12
            Remember to remove all grease from the hair before applying the dye.
            The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
            13
            Spots or stains of grease or oil are often found in books.
            A Book for All Readers / An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Pres...
            14
            It was hot and stuffy, and the air reeked with grease paint.
            Calvary Alley
            15
            The Chinese assert that the alcohol is necessary ''to cut the grease.''
            New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
            16
            I say thanks and settle in with coat covering my grease-spattered uniform.
            Lit: a memoir
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