"ungrease" meaning in English

See ungrease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: ungreases [present, singular, third-person], ungreasing [participle, present], ungreased [participle, past], ungreased [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English ungrease From un- + grease. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|un-<id:reversal prefix>|grease|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English un- Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English ungrease [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "grece", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*crassia", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "craisse", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "grece", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "grease", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ungrease", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ungrease"> From un- + grease., {{ety|en|:af|un-<id:reversal prefix>|grease|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Latin crassus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English ungrease From un- + grease. Head templates: {{en-verb}} ungrease (third-person singular simple present ungreases, present participle ungreasing, simple past and past participle ungreased)
  1. (transitive) To remove grease from. Tags: transitive Synonyms: degrease Translations (Translations): ontvetten (Dutch), dégraisser (French)

Inflected forms

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