Greasy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Coated or soiled with grease.
  • adj. Containing grease, especially too much grease: a greasy hamburger.
  • adj. Suggestive of grease in slickness or slipperiness: a greasy character.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
  • adj. Containing a lot of grease or fat.
  • adj. detestable, unethical.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous.
  • adj. Smeared or defiled with grease.
  • adj. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
  • adj. Fat of body; bulky.
  • adj. Gross; indelicate; indecent.
  • adj. Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  • adj. smeared or soiled with grease or oil
  • Equivalent
    fat    fatty    dirty    soiled    unclean   
    Cross Reference
    smooth    slippery   
    Variant
    greasiest    greasier    grease   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    oily    unctuous    smooth    bulky    gross    indelicate    indecent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Assisi    Medici    Tbilisi    creasy    fleecy    sese   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    oily    dirty    wet    shiny    tattered    grimy    muddy    slimy    silky    yellowish