1
as in to oil
to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction
make sure you grease the pan before you put the batter in
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2
as in to facilitate
to free from obstruction or difficulty
your help might grease the complicated adoption proceedings
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Recent Examples of grease
But language hastening Maryland Public Service Commission approval of power plants is generating concern, as well as what critics see as provisions that grease the skids for new natural gas power plants.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
Lightly grease a 17x11-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray; line with parchment paper.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 30 June 2025
Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Tips For Making Aggression Cookies Fox's original recipe strictly specifies that there is no need to grease the baking sheet, and this recipe is the same.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
Lightly grease a 17x11-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray; line with parchment paper.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 30 June 2025
Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Tips For Making Aggression Cookies Fox's original recipe strictly specifies that there is no need to grease the baking sheet, and this recipe is the same.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for grease
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grease
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Lightly oiling the cutting board so nothing sticks will also make rolling easier, along with allowing yourself a few tries to get the hang of it.—
Gretchen McKay,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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In another poem, the same Love tends to her postpartum, parting and oiling her scalp.—
m. mick powell
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Market Expansion: Easing federal restrictions might expedite state-level legalization initiatives and facilitate interstate commerce.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Now, to best protect investors, facilitate capital formation and maintain a fair, orderly and efficient (now-unified) market, the SEC and CFTC should join forces.—
Karl Lockhart,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Over the decades, commitment to those goals waxed and waned, and numerous scandals demonstrated that the U.S. political system and important American institutions and corporations remained vulnerable to and complicit in corruption.—
CASEY MICHEL,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Aug. 2025
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The pain was similar to waxing or tweezing—easier on tougher skin, more painful on sensitive areas.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
30 July 2025
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Given the risk to heart issues in people with coronary artery disease, only the 31 healthy participants took part in the fan study (the remaining 27 individuals just underwent skin wetting/no skin wetting conditions).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 July 2025
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Any storms that do form will likely produce wetting rain in the cores but lightning is possible far from these cores in areas that will remain dry.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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Moreover, a policy of tough love toward allies could turn into mutually destructive hostility, and a superpower that regularly coerces its friends could wreck the soft power that lubricates key relationships.—
Hal Brands,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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The study suggested that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) — which are released by sebum (oily secretions that help lubricate and protect skin) in the ear wax of individuals with Parkinson’s — have a certain distinctive smell.—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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“Grease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grease. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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