greasy

[US]/'griːsɪ/
[UK]/'grisi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. containing an excessive amount of fat, covered in grease
n. lubricating oil container, oil cup

Phrases & Collocations

greasy hair

greasy skin

greasy food

greasy spoon

greasy wool

Example Sentences

a shampoo for greasy hair

Greasy porkchop on wooden plate.

the greasy little man from the newspaper.

paint won't adhere well to a greasy surface.

he wiped his greasy fingers.

You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.

Is Professor Severus Snape a Byronic romantic hero or an unredeemable "greasy git?

He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.

he steadily climbed the greasy pole towards the job he coveted most.

a short, fat man with greasy black hair and thick pebble glasses

diarrhea with borborygmus;weakness of limbs;emaciation;sallow complexion;pale tongue with whitish and greasy fur;weak and moderate pulse.

Acral festering necrosis, and Pott yellow sticky and smells bad smell, tongue dishes, moss yellow or yellow greasy dry.

Using the etching needle, litho crayon, various aquatint solutions, or greasy tusche washes on copperplates or lithostones, artist such as John Cage, E.

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