grease
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
Types & categories
- oil hypernym
- axle grease hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
lubricate with grease
grease the wheels
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
the state of being covered with unclean things
Types & categories
- dirtiness hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | greasy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | axle grease |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | soil |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grease |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | soil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dirty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dingy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | filthy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contaminating |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dirtiness |