Greased

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Coated or covered with grease or a similar oily or slippery substance to reduce friction
2. Having a layer of oil or fat spread on a surface to make it slick or smooth
3. Treated with a greasy material to make slipping easier or to protect from sticking

Etymology: Grease began as a word for fat, and its Latin ancestor meant something quite different from the slippery stuff a mechanic reaches for today. The noun comes from Middle English "grece", borrowed from Anglo-Norman "grece", which in turn descends from a Vulgar Latin noun "crassia". That Latin noun was built from "crassus", meaning "fat" or "thick", and the same adjective gave English "crass", which entered through a separate route. The two words are doublets: one arrived through everyday French-speaking channels and the other through more learned ones, so they sound different while sharing a root. The verb "grease" developed from the noun, and "greased" is its past tense and past participle. Its core sense stayed close to the original idea of animal fat, which is why cooking and lubricating still share the same vocabulary.

Synonyms: oiled, lubricated, slicked, smoothed, slippery

Antonyms: dry, rough, unlubricated, sticky, gritty