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grease/Greece

grease (grēs)

Noun

    • Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.
    • A thick oil or viscous substance, especially when used as a lubricant.
    • The oily substance present in raw wool.
    • Slang. Something, such as money or influence that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire: accepted some grease to fix the outcome of the race.

Verb. Transitive greased, greas·ing, greas·es.

    • To coat, smear, or soil with grease: greased the pie pan.
    • To lubricate with grease.
    • To facilitate the progress of.

Greece (grēs)

Noun

    • A country of southeast Europe on the southern Balkan Peninsula and including numerous islands in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian seas.

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