grease

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any oily or fatty matter.
3. (countable, uncountable)Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
4. (countable, uncountable)Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
5. (countable, slang, uncountable)Money.

   “Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.”

6. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).

verb

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

   “the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor”

   “Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.”

   “His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.”

3. (informal, transitive)To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
4. (slang, transitive)To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

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

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

   “I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy He a blood, why the fuck I’m greasin his bitty”

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

   “You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste”

8. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
9. To depart or slip away.