greasy

«greasy» in Mova's school dictionary: Covered with or full of grease or oil: «greasy hands» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (greasy, greasier, greasiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with or full of grease or oil: «greasy hands». tree →

2) (of food) Cooked with a lot of fat or oil: «greasy chips». tree →

3) (of hair or skin) Looking oily. tree →

4) Slippery because of oil. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons: greasy, fried food is fine sometimes but not every day. In everyday life: washing greasy dishes needs hot water and soap because water alone does not remove oil. In safety: greasy floors are slippery. Phrases: «greasy food», «greasy hair», «greasy spoon» (a cheap café).

examples

• My hands were greasy after fixing the bike chain. tree →
• These chips are too greasy. tree →
• Wash the greasy pans with hot soapy water. tree →
• His hair looks greasy, so he needs a shower. tree →
• Be careful, the kitchen floor is greasy. tree →
• The pizza box had greasy marks on it. tree →

note

Comparative: greasier, greasiest (y → i). Noun: grease. Pronounced GREE-see (some say GREE-zee). Soap is needed because oil and water do not mix.

In the corpora

• After pizza your fingers are greasy, and rinsing under the tap does almost nothing: water and grease do not mix.
• Hair is washed with shampoo when it looks or feels greasy, often two or three times a week, and rinsed well.
• Wipe up spills at once or tell someone, because wet or greasy floors make people slip.
• After a tummy bug, simple food in small amounts is best; greasy food may upset the gut again.
• A small light snack such as a banana is far better than nothing, and far better than a greasy fry-up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greasy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.