grease

Universal Words noun, verb noun [U] 1 any thick OILY substance, especially one that is used to make machines run smoothly: Grease marks can be removed with liquid detergent. * Her hands were covered with oil and grease. * the grease in his hair seealsoELBOWGREASE 2 animal fat that has been softened by cooking or heating: plates covered with grease * There was a film of grease on the kitchen window. verb [VN] to rub grease or fat on sth: to grease a cake tin / pan IDIOMS grease sb's palm (old-fashioned, informal) to give sb money in order to persuade them to do sth dishonest SYNBRIBE grease the wheels (AmE) = OILTHEWHEELS