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grease

[grees, grees, greez] / gris, gris, griz /


VERB
lubricate
Synonyms




Example Sentences

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“It was very much a ‘squeaky wheel gets the grease’” approach, said Gross.

From The Wall Street Journal

London has stables of lawyers and accountants experienced at disguising sources of wealth and who help clients obtain visas that grease the wheels of business.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the next picture the oak tree outside my aunt’s boardinghouse is captured, in grease pencil, at change of season, the leaves all reds and golds.

From Literature

Patience here prevents grease pockets and keeps the texture even.

From Salon

But there was no evidence of a skull fracture or brain damage typically seen in such cases or grease from a vehicle.

From BBC