Greasy

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  • adjective. Coated or soiled with grease.
  • adjective. Containing grease, especially too much grease.
  • adjective. Suggestive of grease in slickness or slipperiness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of grease; having much grease or fat; oily; unctuous; fat: as, greasy food.
  • Smeared or soiled with grease; hence, slippery as if from being greased.
  • Like grease or oil; seemingly unctuous to the touch: as, a chalk that has a greasy feel.
  • Slimy; muddy; foul.
  • Foggy; misty.
  • Nautical, dirty; foul; disagreeable: said of weather.
  • Gross; indecent.
  • In farriery, affected with the disease called grease: as, a horse with greasy legs.
  • Successful in whaling; having taken a full cargo of oil: as in the expression greasy luck.
  • See the extract.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous.
  • adjective. Smeared or defiled with grease.
  • adjective. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
  • adjective. Fat of body; bulky.
  • adjective. Gross; indelicate; indecent.
  • adjective. Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
  • adjective. Containing a lot of grease or fat.
  • adjective. detestable, unethical.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  • adjective. smeared or soiled with grease or oil
  • Word Usage
    "Other unseemly behaviour exposed as part of the case involved a description of Mr Izzo as a "manwhore" with the nickname "greasy", and the exchange by lawyers of "lurid details" of "a gay porn star called Marcus Day", with copies sent to Mr Izzo."
    cross-reference
    slippery  smooth  
    Equivalent
    dirty  fat  fatty  soiled  unclean  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Assisi  Medici  Tbilisi  creasy  fleecy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coarse  dirty  grimy  muddy  oily  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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