Definición de «grease» en inglés

noun

1. Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

2. (by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.

3. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

4. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

5. (slang) Money.

verb

1. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

2. (transitive, informal) To bribe.

3. (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.

4. (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

   • To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

5. (transitive, slang) To extinguish the life of.

6. (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

7. (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

8. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

9. To depart or slip away.