See greasy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "it was in the garage that Alec worked, […] doing mysterious greasy things. Grease blackened his hairy legs; grease had turned his white canvas shoes black; grease blackened his hands even beyond the wrist; grease made his short working trousers black and stiff. Yet he had the gift, which Mr Biswas admired, of being able to hold a cigarette between greasy fingers and greasy lips without staining it.",
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"text": "c. 1795, Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Taylor’s Family Companion: or The Whole Art of Cookery Display’d, London: W. Lane, “To fry flat Fish,” p. 37,\nBefore you dish them up, lay them upon a drainer before the fire sloping, for two or three minutes, which will prevent their eating greasy."
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"ref": "2010, Gavin Hoffen, Dandelion, page 3:",
"text": "With a skin full of alcohol and a probable overwhelming desire for a greasy kebab, I had evidently got myself into such a state that I was unable to locate the correct door to the fast food shop.",
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"ref": "2012 May 3, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook perfect garlic bread”, in the Guardian:",
"text": "Nigel and Richard Bertinet go for butter. Jamie and Nigella both opt for olive oil, and Garten uses a mixture, spreading the bread generously with butter, then topping it with garlic and herbs in olive oil. Oil, to my taste, simply makes the bread seem greasy: it's great for dipping, but it doesn't seem to soak into the bread in the same way as butter – I've probably just got hopelessly rich Anglo-Saxon tastes, but for me, it's butter all the way.",
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"ref": "c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
"text": "[…] mechanic slaves\nWith greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall\nUplift us to the view […]",
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"ref": "1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, London: André Deutsch, Part One, Chapter 2, p. 54:",
"text": "it was in the garage that Alec worked, […] doing mysterious greasy things. Grease blackened his hairy legs; grease had turned his white canvas shoes black; grease blackened his hands even beyond the wrist; grease made his short working trousers black and stiff. Yet he had the gift, which Mr Biswas admired, of being able to hold a cigarette between greasy fingers and greasy lips without staining it.",
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"text": "c. 1795, Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Taylor’s Family Companion: or The Whole Art of Cookery Display’d, London: W. Lane, “To fry flat Fish,” p. 37,\nBefore you dish them up, lay them upon a drainer before the fire sloping, for two or three minutes, which will prevent their eating greasy."
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"ref": "2010, Gavin Hoffen, Dandelion, page 3:",
"text": "With a skin full of alcohol and a probable overwhelming desire for a greasy kebab, I had evidently got myself into such a state that I was unable to locate the correct door to the fast food shop.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2012 May 3, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook perfect garlic bread”, in the Guardian:",
"text": "Nigel and Richard Bertinet go for butter. Jamie and Nigella both opt for olive oil, and Garten uses a mixture, spreading the bread generously with butter, then topping it with garlic and herbs in olive oil. Oil, to my taste, simply makes the bread seem greasy: it's great for dipping, but it doesn't seem to soak into the bread in the same way as butter – I've probably just got hopelessly rich Anglo-Saxon tastes, but for me, it's butter all the way.",
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"ref": "2004 April 25, “Trailer Park Boys episode \"Rub N Tiz'zug\"”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "Julian: We're gonna fill the trailers up with furniture all right, boys, but we're gonna rent them out by the hour.\n Bubbles: Aw, that's greasy.",
"type": "quote"
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"text": "Let’s consult together against this greasy knight.",
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"Fat, bulky."
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"ref": "1601, John Marston, Jack Drum’s Entertainment, London: Richard Olive, act I:",
"text": "Now I am perfect hate, I lou’d but three things in the world, Philosophy, Thrift, and my self. Thou hast made me hate Philosophy. A Vsurers greasie Codpeece made me loath Thrift: but if all the Brewers Iades in the town can drug me from loue of my selfe, they shall doo more then e’re the seuen wise men of Greece could […]",
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"glosses": [
"Gross; indelicate; indecent."
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"Afflicted with the disease called grease."
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"(of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease."
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɹi.si/",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "duhniyy",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "دُهْنِيّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hlǎzgav",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "хлъзгав"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "greixós"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "膩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nì",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "腻"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "mastný"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "grasa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "rasvainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "öljyinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "öljymäinen"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "ont"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "schmierig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "rutschig"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "שַׁמְנוּנִי"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "fitugur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "gréisceach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "viscido"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "unctus"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "graissós"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "engordurado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žírnyj",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "жи́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sálʹnyj",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "са́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "slippery",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skólʹzkij",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "ско́льзкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "grasiento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "grasoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "graso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "resbaloso"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a slippery surface",
"word": "yağlı"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mazen",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "мазен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tlǎst",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "тлъст"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "mastný"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "rasvainen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "fettig"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "liparós",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "λιπαρός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "zsíros"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "bealaithe"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "gréisceach"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "hinuhinu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "tłusty"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "ociekający tłuszczem"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "flottig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "masnýj",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "масни́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mastkýj",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "мастки́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sálʹnyj",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "са́льний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žýrnyj",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "жи́рний"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Containing a lot of grease or fat",
"word": "seimlyd"
}
],
"word": "greasy"
}
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