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GREASY
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Irregular inflected forms: greasier , greasiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smeared or soiled with grease or oil
Example:
get rid of rubbish and oily rags
Synonyms:
greasy; oily
Classified under:
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Derivation:
grease (a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery))
greasiness (consisting of or covered with oil)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
Example:
oleaginous seeds
Synonyms:
greasy; oily; oleaginous; sebaceous
Classified under:
Similar:
fat; fatty (containing or composed of fat)
Derivation:
greasiness (consisting of or covered with oil)
Context examples:
She sat in a blaze of oppressive heat, in a cloud of moving dust, and her eyes could only wander from the walls, marked by her father's head, to the table cut and notched by her brothers, where stood the tea-board never thoroughly cleaned, the cups and saucers wiped in streaks, the milk a mixture of motes floating in thin blue, and the bread and butter growing every minute more greasy than even Rebecca's hands had first produced it.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The sand-banks far out were spotted with uncouth crawling forms, huge turtles, strange saurians, and one great flat creature like a writhing, palpitating mat of black greasy leather, which flopped its way slowly to the lake.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here it is that this creature takes his daily seat, cross-legged with his tiny stock of matches on his lap, and as he is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity descends into the greasy leather cap which lies upon the pavement beside him.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I think it was over the kitchen, because a warm greasy smell appeared to come up through the chinks in the floor, and there was a flabby perspiration on the walls.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
His oily, insinuating tones, his greasy smile and his monstrous self-conceit grated on my nerves till sometimes I was all in a tremble.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was a gray scene, greasy gray, and the rain drizzled greasily on the pavement stones.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But when, for the fourth time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes, my comrade’s impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Mugridge, sir,” he fawned, his effeminate features running into a greasy smile.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It came to him, in a flash of fancy, that her nature seemed taking on the attributes of stale vegetables, smelly soapsuds, and of the greasy dimes, nickels, and quarters she took in over the counter of the store.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Besides my work in the cabin, with its four small state-rooms, I was supposed to be his assistant in the galley, and my colossal ignorance concerning such things as peeling potatoes or washing greasy pots was a source of unending and sarcastic wonder to him.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
