greasen

English

Etymology 1

From grease +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

greasen (third-person singular simple present greasens, present participle greasening, simple past and past participle greasened)

1. (rare, transitive) To make greased or greasy
   • 1981, Jake MacDonald, Indian River, page 46:

     His quick swim consisted of the usual small circle, ending on the same moss-greasened rocky ledge that he'd landed on since he was ten years old.

   • 1988, Catherine Dai, Bound feet, page 200:

     Although she was a rich lady, she maintained some of her peasant mannerisms, like bringing out her age-greasened basket tea cosy which held the old tea pot and four cups inside.

   • 1995, Irwin Silber, Earl Robinson, Songs of the Great American West, page 148:

     I'm goin' downtown, the telegraph to hire, And see if they need a colored man to greasen up the wire.

   • 2007, S. Christopher, Gravitas, page 121:

     Carbohydrate satiation makes the protein smell more delicious, so he floats the idea and, with assent, helps himself to a couple of drumsticks, sighing about the finger-greasening inadequacies of the plastic fork and knife.

Etymology 2

From grease +‎ -en (“made of, consisting of”).

Adjective

greasen (comparative more greasen, superlative most greasen)

1. (archaic, Northern England) Smeared with grease; greased

Anagrams

• Ersange, Gerenas, enrages