degrease

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ grease.

Pronunciation

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Verb

degrease (third-person singular simple present degreases, present participle degreasing, simple past and past participle degreased)

1. (transitive) To remove grease from something.

Derived terms

• degreaser
• nondegreased

Translations

To remove grease from something.

Chinese: Mandarin: 脫脂 / 脱脂 (zh) (tuōzhī) French: dégraisser (fr) German: entfetten (de) Kazakh: майсыздандыру (maisyzdandyru) Macedonian: обезмастува (obezmastuva) Polish: odtłuszczać impf, odtłuścić (pl) pf Spanish: desengrasar (es), desgrasar (es) (wool or woolen clothes)