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to grease
noun
Animal fat in a melted or soft state
Exact(60)
Place in a greased bowl and turn over to grease the top.
The money is to grease the wheels.
"We're going to grease that dragon," I say.
Oil, to grease Heat the barbecue if using.
To grease its cobbles with rain and booze.
Want to grease the chairman of the tax board?
The penetration number, applied to grease, is a measure of the film characteristics of the grease.
He dreads the prospect of having to grease new palms but sees no other option.
Without money to grease them, the wheels of commerce turn slowly or not at all.
What is more, deductions could be used to grease a compromise in the budget negotiations.
He has been wounded by insinuations that he had to grease dictators' palms to succeed.
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