greasy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
greasy
    adj 1: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy
           hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
           [syn: {greasy}, {oily}, {sebaceous}, {oleaginous}]
    2: smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls";
       "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" [syn: {greasy}, {oily}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Greasy \Greas"y\, a. [Compar. {Greasier}; superl. {Greasiest}.]
   1. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous;
      as, a greasy dish.
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   2. Smeared or defiled with grease.
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            With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. --Shak.
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   3. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the
      touch, as is mineral soapstone.
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   4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] --Shak.
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   5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] --Marston.
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   6. (Far.) Affected with the disease called {grease}; as, the
      heels of a horse. See {Grease}, n., 2.
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from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Greasy, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    387
   Housing Units (2000): 146
   Land area (2000):     20.337796 sq. miles (52.674647 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.079111 sq. miles (0.204896 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    20.416907 sq. miles (52.879543 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            31165
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             35.678115 N, 94.721152 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Greasy, OK
    Greasy
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "greasy":
      adipose, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory,
      fat, fatty, fawning, glib, greased, lardaceous, lardy, lubric,
      lubricated, lubricious, mucoid, oiled, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
      rich, sebaceous, sleek, slick, sliddery, slipper, slippery, slippy,
      slithery, smarmy, smooth, soaped, soapy, suety, sycophantic,
      tallowy, toadying, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous,
      waxy
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