Grease
(1978) an American musical (=a film that uses singing and dancing to tell a story), in which John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John appear, about young people in school in the 1950s and their romantic relationships

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I. grease¹ /ɡriːs/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: craisse, graisse, from Latin crassus 'thick, fat']

1. a fatty or oily substance that comes off meat when it is cooked, or off food made using butter or oil

2. a thick oily substance that is put on the moving parts of a car, machine etc to make it run or move smoothly

3. an oily substance that is produced by your skin
⇒ elbow grease at elbow¹(3)

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II. grease² verb [transitive]

1. to put butter, grease etc on a pan etc to prevent food from sticking to it:
Grease the pan before you pour the batter in.
a greased baking tray

2. grease sb’s palm to give someone money in a secret or dishonest way in order to persuade them to do something:
Joseph was able to grease a few palms, thus helping his brother to escape.

3. like greased lightning informal extremely fast

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grease
noun
VERB + GREASE be covered in/with, be smeared in/with The kitchen surfaces were all smeared with grease.
dissolve, remove
GREASE + NOUN mark, spot, stain
PHRASES a blob/smear of grease

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grease
verb
ADV. well | lightly Place the cakes on a lightly greased baking tray.

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