GREASY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of greasy in English greasyadjective uk /ˈɡriː.si/ us /ˈɡriː.si/ Add to word list Add to word list covered with or full of fat or oil: greasy food/dishes/skin/hair

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greasiness (Definition of greasy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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greasyadjective us /ˈɡri·si, -zi/ Add to word list Add to word list covered with or full of grease: These French fries are too greasy. (Definition of greasy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of greasy

greasy If specimens are greasy, they should certainly be washed in ether before examination. From the Cambridge English Corpus Getting greasy : how transmembrane polypeptide segments integrate into the lipid bilayer. From the Cambridge English Corpus Clean fleece weight was determined as : total greasy fleece weight including weight of crutchings (kg)rclean washing yield (as a proportion). From the Cambridge English Corpus This implies that greasy fleece weight decreases by 141 g by replacing biennial shearing (two shearings per year) with annual shearing (one shearing per year). From the Cambridge English Corpus His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through it like he was behind vines. From the Cambridge English Corpus It may be well to note that this insect has a marked tendency to become ' greasy,' so that all trace of colour disappears. From the Cambridge English Corpus The granulites are generally massive, medium- to coarse-grained, greenish grey in colour, and have a greasy appearance. From the Cambridge English Corpus Fyfe (1983: 70) reported thirty per cent increases in greasy wool after twelve months of paddocking. From the Cambridge English Corpus He has only to make one slip or to lean against some greasy article to ruin a perfectly good uniform. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no restriction on the exports of greasy wool to these countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A politician gets to the top of the greasy pole only by being the most political of political animals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not happen with people who are trying to get a nice, fat, greasy cut. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be more than a greasy pole or a club. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that our climate makes things greasy and wet, but we do nothing to make a non-skidding road, or very little indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, if they are to be elected, we must try to ensure that candidates do not simply want to climb the greasy pole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of greasy?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 沾滿油脂的, 含脂肪的, 油膩的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 沾满油脂的, 含脂肪的, 油腻的… See more in Spanish graso, grasoso, grasiento… See more in Portuguese engordurado, oleoso/-osa… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 脂肪分の多い, 油（脂）っぽい, 油（あぶら）っぽい… See more yağlanmış, yağ içinde, yağlı… See more gras/grasse, graisseux, glissant… See more greixós… See more vettig, vuil, glibberig… See more mastný, tučný, umaštěný… See more fedtet, indsmurt, glat… See more berminyak, penuh minyak, licin… See more ซึ่งเป็นน้ำมัน, ทาน้ำมันไว้, ลื่น… See more béo, dính mỡ, trơn… See more tłusty, usmarowany, śliski… See more fet, flottig, nedsmord… See more berminyak… See more fettig, schmierig, glitschig… See more fet, oljete, fett(et)… See more 기름진… See more жирний, слизький… See more unto, grasso, scivoloso… See more Need a translator?

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