grease
English
/ɡɹis/, /ɡɹiːs/, /ɡɹiːs/, /ɡɹis/
noun
Definitions
- Animal fat in a melted or soft state
- (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
- Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
- Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grece (grease, step, steps, staircase) derived from grece derived from Old French graisse derived from Latin *grassia, crassus (thick, fat, stout, dense, solid, gross, heavy).
Origin
Latin
crassus
Gloss
thick, fat, stout, dense, solid, gross, heavy
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
厚
Emoji
🐻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- band English
- begrease English
- board English
- bomb English
- degrease English
- degreaser English
- grass English
- grease-monkey English
- greaseball English
- greaseband English
- greaseboard English
- greasebomb English
- greaseburger English
- greasegrass English
- greaseless English
- greaselessness English
- greaselike English
- greasen English
- greasepaint English
- greasepainted English
- greaseproof English
- greaser English
- greasest English
- greaseth English
- greasewood English
- greasily English
- greasiness English
- greasy English
- grece English
- monkey English
- nongreasy English
- paint English
- pregrease English
- regrease English
- ungrease English
- ungreasy English
- wood English
- *crassia Latin
- *grassia Latin
- *grassus Latin
- craspicis Latin
- crassiceps Latin
- crassidens Latin
- crassifico Latin
- crassifolius Latin
- crassimanus Latin
- crassirostris Latin
- crassisetus Latin
- crassitarsis Latin
- crassities Latin
- crassitudo Latin
- crassus Latin
- grassa Latin
- grassus Latin
- incrasso Latin
- krass German
- crasso Italian
- crasse French
- crassulescent French
- craso Spanish, Castilian
- crasso Portuguese
- grece Middle English
- grecen Middle English
- greces Middle English
- gresi Middle English
- gresynge Middle English
- craisse Old French
- cras Old French
- graisse Old French
- grez Old French
- graxa Galician
- ngrash Aromanian
- grisi Swahili
- grass Romansh
- kūriij Marshallese
- rassu Sicilian
- gris Tok Pisin
- gris mani Tok Pisin
- grisim Tok Pisin
- grisman Tok Pisin
- grece xno
- engrassur Dalmatian
- giris Hausa
- cartsus Old Latin
- bomb
- band
- ball
- wood
- grass
- paint
- grece
- board
- greasy
- monkey
- greasen
- greaser
- degrease
- greaseth
- ungrease
- ungreasy
- greasily
- regrease
- greasest
- begrease
- pregrease
- nongreasy
- degreaser
- greaseless
- greasewood
- greaselike
- greaseball
- greaseband
- greasebomb
- greasiness
- greasepaint
- greaseboard
- greasegrass
- greaseproof
- greaseburger
- grease-monkey
- greasepainted
- greaselessness