"greasen" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more greasen [comparative], most greasen [superlative]
Etymology: From grease + -en (“made of, consisting of”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|grease|-en|id2=made of|t2=made of, consisting of}} grease + -en (“made of, consisting of”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} greasen (comparative more greasen, superlative most greasen)
  1. (archaic, Northern England) Smeared with grease; greased Tags: Northern-England, archaic
    Sense id: en-greasen-en-adj-B2UBZttb Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (made of) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (made of): 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: greasens [present, singular, third-person], greasening [participle, present], greasened [participle, past], greasened [past]
Etymology: From grease + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|grease|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} grease + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} greasen (third-person singular simple present greasens, present participle greasening, simple past and past participle greasened)
  1. (rare, transitive) To make greased or greasy Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-greasen-en-verb-SmVqLrrp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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