adj
Meaning 1
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a greasy mineral
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
greasy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈɡɹi.si/
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General-American, Southern, US, especially: /ˈɡɹi.zi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiː.si/
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/ˈɡɹi.zi/ Scotland, Ireland, some speakers in Birmingham
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rhymes with -iːsi
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rhymes with -iːzi
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CMU ARPABET: G R IY1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Containing a lot of grease or fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- c. 1795, Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Taylor’s Family Companion: or The Whole Art of Cookery Display’d, London: W. Lane, “To fry flat Fish,” p. 37, Before you dish them up, lay them upon a drainer before the fire sloping, for two or three minutes, which will prevent their eating greasy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Oily in manner; obsequious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 4
Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Fat, bulky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 6
Gross; indelicate; indecent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 7
Afflicted with the disease called grease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
An annoyed or contemptuous look; a dirty look.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable
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noun
Meaning 9
Wool that still contains grease and has not undergone scouring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: scoured
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
smeared or soiled with grease or oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- greasy coveralls
- get rid of rubbish and oily rags
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oily
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- greasy hamburgers
- oily fried potatoes
- oleaginous seeds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oily, sebaceous, oleaginous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English gresi, gressy, equivalent to grease + -y.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: دُهْنِيّ (duhniyy) — having a slippery surface
- Bulgarian: хлъзгав (hlǎzgav) — having a slippery surface
- Catalan: greixós — having a slippery surface
- Chinese Mandarin: 膩 /腻 (nì) — having a slippery surface
- Czech: mastný — having a slippery surface
- Esperanto: grasa — having a slippery surface
- Finnish: rasvainen — having a slippery surface
- Finnish: öljyinen — having a slippery surface
- Finnish: öljymäinen — having a slippery surface
- Friulian: ont — having a slippery surface
- German: schmierig — having a slippery surface
- German: rutschig — having a slippery surface
- Hebrew: שַׁמְנוּנִי — having a slippery surface
- Icelandic: fitugur — having a slippery surface
- Irish: gréisceach — having a slippery surface
- Italian: viscido — having a slippery surface
- Latin: unctus — having a slippery surface
- Occitan: graissós — having a slippery surface
- Portuguese: engordurado — having a slippery surface
- Russian: жи́рный (žírnyj) — having a slippery surface
- Russian: са́льный (sálʹnyj) — having a slippery surface
- Russian: ско́льзкий (skólʹzkij) — having a slippery surface
- Spanish: grasiento — having a slippery surface
- Spanish: grasoso — having a slippery surface
- Spanish: graso — having a slippery surface
- Spanish: resbaloso — having a slippery surface
- Turkish: yağlı — having a slippery surface
- Unami: shame — having a slippery surface
- Unami: shamësi — having a slippery surface
- Bulgarian: мазен (mazen) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Bulgarian: тлъст (tlǎst) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Czech: mastný — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Finnish: rasvainen — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- German: fettig — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Ancient Greek: λιπαρός (liparós) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Hungarian: zsíros — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Irish: bealaithe — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Irish: gréisceach — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Japanese: 脂っこい (aburakkoi) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Māori: hinuhinu — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Polish: tłusty — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Polish: ociekający tłuszczem — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Swedish: flottig — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Ukrainian: масни́й (masnýj) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Ukrainian: мастки́й (mastkýj) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Ukrainian: са́льний (sálʹnyj) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Ukrainian: жи́рний (žýrnyj) — Containing a lot of grease or fat
- Welsh: seimlyd — Containing a lot of grease or fat
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