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Sounds like Greece · Rhymes with -iːs, -iːs (UK, US), -iːz (US)

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Latin crassus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Vulgar Latin *crassia

Anglo-Norman grecebor.

Middle English grece

English grease

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

countable, uncountable Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
broadly, countable, uncountable Any oily or fatty matter.
countable, uncountable Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
countable, uncountable Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
countable, slang, uncountable Money. Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.
countable, dated, slang, uncountable Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).

transitive To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
informal, transitive To bribe. the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor
informal, transitive To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
slang, transitive To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
slang, transitive To kill.
slang, transitive To have sexual intercourse with. I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy He a blood, why the fuck I’m greasin his bitty
obsolete To cheat or cozen; to overreach. You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste
To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
To depart or slip away.