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greased

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verb

past tense of grease

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for greased
Verb
  • This is facilitated by cloud computing's ability to quickly provision and de-provision resources as needed.
    Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Just as Warner Bros had given Jane’s true creative freedom, from their recording sessions to making their own videos, American facilitated and protected Deconstruction’s art.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Travelers heading through the area should plan on slippery roads.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Watch out for slippery roads: Be extra careful during the first half hour after rain begins.
    Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Gere leaped to musicals with Chicago (2002) and danced away with a Golden Globe and SAG Award for his pitch-perfect performance as slick defense attorney Billy Flynn.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The clean vocals are so slick, and the ad-libs so coarse, that rumors of Carti using an AI model of his own voice are circulating in the fandom.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The plastic sleeve also helps keep the beloved pieces of paper from being further damaged by greasy fingers and water droplets.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Ted presents the judge with a different affidavit, this time the one the greasy journalist provided them, and informs the court of the DA’s dirty tricks to strong-arm those papers.
    Ayan Artan, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Reacting to this week’s news on social media, friends waxed nostalgic about shopping or working at Sam Goody (fondly in the former case, not always so fondly in the latter).
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Reacting to this week’s news on social media, friends waxed nostalgic about shopping or working at Sam Goody (fondly in the former case, not always so fondly in the latter).
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Although scattered rain showers are expected to track across western North Carolina later this morning, this will not be enough of a wetting rain to bring relief to dry fuels.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
  • To start, wet your hands with water, then apply enough soap to cover your hands and rub them against each other.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Greased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greased. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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