"begrease" meaning in English

See begrease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: begreases [present, singular, third-person], begreasing [participle, present], begreased [participle, past], begreased [past]
Etymology: be- + grease Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|grease}} be- + grease Head templates: {{en-verb}} begrease (third-person singular simple present begreases, present participle begreasing, simple past and past participle begreased)
  1. (transitive) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-begrease-en-verb-HLiPFJd9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for begrease meaning in English (1.2kB)

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