Topic: COOKING
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grease2 [transitive]
1DFCT to put butter, grease etc on a pan etc to prevent food from sticking to it : 
Grease the pan before you pour the batter in.a greased baking tray
Grease the pan before you pour the batter in.a greased baking tray2 to give someone money in a secret or dishonest way in order to persuade them to do something : Joseph was able to grease a few palms, thus helping his brother to escape.
grease somebody's palm
Joseph was able to grease a few palms, thus helping his brother to escape.
